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Stay safe... Huwag mainit ang ulo na hindi nakaka labas, o di nakaka order sa online shops...  :)

Stay safe... Huwag mainit ang ulo na hindi nakaka labas, o di nakaka order sa online shops...  :)

Good vibes...  :D

Senator Koko Pimentel breached MakatiMed hospital infection control protocols.

Isang paalala na mag self quarantine lalo kung PUI. Malaking problema din, nabawasan pa ang Makatimed ng tauhan. Mahalaga din na laging nagsasabi ng totoo para hindi na makadamay ng mga frontliners. He should have set a good example imbes na i-endangered ang ilang kinakailangan pa natin.
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Let us be responsible sa mga shared posts natin at kung may nababasa man tayo, please verify muna sa mga authorized agencies (https://www.covid19.gov.ph/fact-check/). The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging and Infectious Disease (IATF-EID) lamang ang authorized to release such information.

Please help report these malicious posts that are meant to sow fear and derail the efforts of the Government para mapabilis ang paglaban sa COVID-19.

Hanggat walang law related sa mga fake news dito satin, madami pa ring magkakalat niyan.

Kaya hanggat maaari once may na basa kayo na parang hot news or any news, please do make fact-checking, search some related news at least 5 of them sa ibat ibang news outlet kase magiging isa kayo sa mga ways na nag kalat ng misinformation if naniniwala ka tapus share agad.

1. Passengers who have transited through or have been in China (People’s Rep.), Hong Kong (SAR China) or Macao (SAR China) in the past 14 days are not allowed to enter the Philippines.

- This does not apply to nationals of the Philippines. They will be required to self-isolate for a period of 14 days from their arrival into the Philippines.

- This does not apply to spouses or children of nationals of the Philippines. They will be required to self-isolate for a period of 14 days from their arrival into the Philippines.

- This does not apply to permanent residents of the Philippines. They will be required to self-isolate for a period of 14 days from their arrival into the Philippines.

2.Passengers who have transited through or have been in the North Gyeongsang Province (including Daegu and Cheongdo Country) of Korea (Rep.) in the past 14 days are not allowed to enter the Philippines.

- This does not apply to nationals of the Philippines.

- This does not apply to spouses or children of nationals of the Philippines.

- This does not apply to permanent residents of the Philippines.

3. Passengers who have transited through or have been in Iran or Italy in the past 14 days are required to present a Medical Clearance or Health Declaration Certificate, issued by Health Authority within 48 hours prior to arrival and certifying that the passenger is free from Coronavirus (COVID-19).

- This does not apply to nationals of the Philippines.

- This does not apply to spouses or children of nationals of the Philippines.

- This does not apply to permanent residents of the Philippines.

Passengers who have transited through or have been in Iran or Italy in the past 14 days, are required to undergo a 14-day quarantine.

4. Passengers under the following visa categories are not allowed to enter the Philippines:

- Passengers under Visa Waiver Agreements.

- Passengers with Special Visas

- Passengers who fall under Executive Order No.408, s1960 (EO408);

- Passengers with a Hong Kong (SAR China) passport, Macao (SAR China) passport, Macao-Portuguese, and British National Overseas passports.

- Immigrant and non-Immigrant visa holders (i.e. 13, 9D, 9F, 9G, 47a(2), etc.)

This does not apply to:

- spouses and children of Filipino nationals (if they are not traveling together, they should show proof of marriage or filiation).

- government and International Organization officials whose visas were issued by the Philippines government.

Hindi naman mahirap alamin kung fake news ba ang isang bagay o hindi, bukod sa IATF-EID, andyan rin naman ang mga news platform katulad ng GMA news, Inquirer, abscbn, DOH atbp na lehitimong nagpapahayang ng mga balita regarding COVID-19 dahil isang malaking kasiraan sa kanila if ever magkamali man sila ng kuha ng impormasyon. After natin makalikom ng information sa iba't ibang platform, pwede nating ipagkumpara kung alin nga ba ang tama at kung pareparehas ba.

Ang problema kasi sa ibang tao, makita lang na maayos ang pagkakagawa, pinaniniwalaan agad. Madali lang naman i-turn on notification ang mga news pages sa socmed platform, bakit kaya hindi magawa ng tao para updated at legit yung nababasa nila?

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Hanggat walang law related sa mga fake news dito satin, madami pa ring magkakalat niyan.

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Yep, too easy malaman fake nga or hindi, pero bat uma abot ng ilang thousands ang shares and likes sa mga fake news, kase marami paring mangmang, bobo, or trip lang talaga nila mag share ng ganyang uri ng posts, bagay na ikakapanic ng nakararami.

Saw this one, may ng share lang sa messenger group namin.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10216341970763352&type=3

If ever na may makita kayong posts na obvious fake, plesse pa report nalang sa platform socmed, forum ot any social media websites.

On my ride out here, the cabbie pointed out  a neighborhood in the main city that had been cordoned off with roadblocks. He said they weren't letting people in or out of there because somebody had died of the virus there last week... He said its like that in at least 3 or 4 different parts of the city. Meanwhile, our media says zero deaths in this province and only 1 confirmed case.

PS: you can respond in Tagalog and I can understand it fine, I just don't want to torture you with my own Tagalog.

I'd like to hear some of your guys' stories about some of the things you are seeing around you in your respective cities and provinces.
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Our frontliners needs all the help they can get right now and it's a race against time. The fund raising started yesterday (Philippine time) and it has already reached 65% of the total target ($45K) as of this writing. If you can spare a few bucks, consider sharing. You can donate directly from your Coinsph wallet.  See details on the link. (Fund raiser's post (https://www.facebook.com/krizette.chu/posts/10158246747824712))

Suportahan naman sana natin lahat ng frontliners, maswerte tayong mga nasa bahay at hindi ganun kataas ang risk natin na magkacovid hindi tulad nila na talagang buwis buhay. Kaya sana huwag na makulit ang mga pinoy, kasi sa dami ng matitigas ang ulo eh pataas ng pataas pa din at dumadami ang nacoconfirm cases natin.

Im worried kasi ang sister ko is sa banking industry and I am concern sa kanyang health. Sana safe din ang mga kapamilya ninyo na frontliners mga kababayan.

I totally agreed with Senator Gatchalian who critizing the DOH, to be honest di talaga ready ang DOH from the very start.

source:https://news.mb.com.ph/2020/03/29/gatchalian-criticizes-doh-for-lack-of-preparation (https://news.mb.com.ph/2020/03/29/gatchalian-criticizes-doh-for-lack-of-preparation)
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Its already half a month of community quarantine and the numbers of cases is still growing here in the Philippines.
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May mga nakakaalam ba or nakakuha na ng claim na ito mula sa DOLE? Sana'y ma ishare ninyo kung may pinakamabilis na paraan aside sa guidelines since hindi lahat ng empleyado ay may oras para gawin ang mga requirements na dapat gawin bago makakuha.

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Have you guys got your quarantine passes yet? In case you didn't know, they are being distributed to places under lockdown by barangay officials.

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I have secured a home quarantine pass already, in our Barangay, only 1 pass per household also and I think this is a uniform implementation.
According to our Barangay Captain, we can use this pass to other municipalities or cities but I doubt they'll allow us to enter, the best thing our municipality would do now is just to secure the needs of the people so if this lock down will continue longer, we can have our needs within the municipality only.

And also, there was no social distancing anymore when buying goods in a grocery as people are rushing for their needs.

There's no confirm cases in our municipality yet but I am still afraid of the risk.

Sa ikatlong linggo sa ating pakigbisog against a formidable enemy.

As always, I give my sincerest gratitude to all those who are fighting in the frontlines: Our doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, police, soldiers, civil and servants everyone performing essential services in the private sector. I assure you that your efforts will be rewarded.
Your heroism will not be forgotten.

Saludo kami sa inyo.

Let me thank the LGUs who are doing their best to contain the spread of the virus in your localities. I see that you are employing innovative programs and initiatives to address the needs of your constituents.

'Yan ang dapat. Tulungan.

Rest assured that the national government is behind you as we safeguard the welfare of our people in your communities.

I issued an order through Executive Secretary Medialdea clearly laying down the of each responsibilities department in implementing the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act. I have given them their marching orders, emphasizing the need for sufficient authority, so that they do not have to go back to me and ask for clearance for each and every action they have to take. All of the details of our actions will be part of my report, which will be submitted to Congress pursuant to Bayanihan Act.

There are now only two powers in the law that I reserved strictly for myself: One is the power to direct the operation of private establishments. The other is the power to require businesses to prioritize contracts for materials and services necessary for the crisis. I will exercise these powers only when absolutely necessary.

The government is now taking action and undertaking several key measures to overcome and recover from the effects of this pandemic. These measures have three main priorities : (1) Providing Emergency Assistance to Affected Sectors, (2) Facilities [and] Resources for Securing the Health Sector and (3) Performing Fiscal and Monetary Actions for the Economy.

FIRST: The government is now launching the largest and widest social protection program in our country's history pinakamalaki itong tulong na ibibigay ng gobyerno sa mamamayan sa history natin, eh ngayon lang tayo nagkaroon ng problemang ganito - to make up for the loss of economic opportunities due to the quarantine measures in place for COVID-19.

We have allotted 200 billion pesos for low- income households who are badly affected by the current crisis. Sila ang nasa informal sector and those who live day-to-day on subsistence wages or "no-work, no-pay" arrangements. Beneficiary-households will receive emergency support for two months based on the regional minimum wage

However, I still count on everyone to also look out after their fellowmen --- their countrymen. To those who have more in life, I implore you to share in the cost of taking care of the less fortunate and keeping society our intact. They have also contributed to our prosperity in one way or [another]. So, let us support them in this crisis.

Let it be said that, in the hour of our country's greatest need, we all looked out for and helped each other.

Buksan natin ang ating puso sa nangangailangan.

I also appeal to the private sector to contribute, in any way you can, in dealing with this national emergency. We implore employers to do their part in protecting the welfare of the millions of Filipino households that belong to the formal sector and depend on their employers for continuous livelihood.

For those who have silently helped, away from the cameras, maraming salamat po.

The government will provide a recovery and package—especially to micro, small, medium enterprises—to help deal with the economic effects of this pandemic. My economic team is already creating the guidelines for this as I speak.

To our farmers and our fisherfolk: We have not forgotten and is government you now employing quick response measures to help you during the crisis as well as ensure food productivity, availability, and sufficiency during the period of the pandemic.

Nandito ang gobyerno para sa inyo.

The government is also ensuring the unhampered flow of cargo and their workers to maintain the continuous and steady supply of food, goods and other essential supplies and items. A price freeze on commodities is already in effect and measures to curtail hoarding and profiteering are also in place.

Uulitin ko hindi ito panahon para kumita. Hindi ito panahon ng pagsasamantala.

Food packs and essential non-food items are also being distributed [to] LGUs in Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon. Contaminated areas in the and Mindanao Visayas are receiving similar assistance. More will be given to augment the requirements of LGUs in the coming days as we repackage the items in our stockpiles.

Gagawin ko lahat para walang magutom.

SECOND: We are marshalling and deploying the resources of government to provide our frontline health workers with everything they require so they can save as many lives as possible.

We are now procuring medical supplies, devices and personal protective equipment.

About 1 million medical protective items are being acquired right now, with the government and the private sector working together to purchase or produce the necessary quantities.

We are also ramping up our capacity to test more broadly to take a fuller and more accurate picture of the spread of COVID-19 in the country. We will also build, operate and accredit more medical facilities and laboratories in the coming weeks.

The outpouring of donations and support from the businesses, organizations, foreign governments and private individuals over the past few weeks have also been overwhelming. I therefore like or would like to acknowledge the following for their help in this crisis:

• The Government of China
• The Government of Singapore
• The NGCP led by Bigboy Sy and Robert Coyuito
• Ramon Ang
• Enrique Razon
• Manny Pangilinan
• Lucio Tan and Michael Tan
• Simeon Heo of [Shopee] Philippines
• Century Peak Corporation
• [Joji] Gotianun-Yap
• Udenna Foundation of Dennis Uy
• Also, Robert Seng
• Archie Po, 'yung who suffered a loss --- buhay niya, empleyado niya, pati 'yung eroplano nag- crash on an evacuation mission to Japan. My condolences to the families and I assure you na tutulong kami sa anumang paraan. Do not be discouraged.
• PAGCOR headed by Andrea Domingo
• The World Health Organization
• Mammoth Foundation China 
• Jack Ma
• Ciriaco Lopez
• Global Fund
•[Americares] Foundation
• UNFPA
• Aboitiz Foundation D&L Corporation 
• Golden Topper
• Landers Superstore
• Unilab Foundation
• Alliance Global
• Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation
• Temasek Foundation, as well as the countless others who have sent their assistance in our time of need.

On behalf of the Filipino people, I thank you [for your] compassion and your generosity, and my personal gratitude.

Mahal kong mga kababayang Pilipino, nasa ikatlong linggo na tayo sa ating crisis na hinaharap. At tayo'y hirap sa pera, sa medical supplies, sa lahat. Eh dati ho naman talagang kulang ang pera natin at kulang ang medical supplies.

At hindi lang ho tayo, pati 'yung Amerika ganun rin kasi hindi natin akalain buong mundo na ganun kabilis dalawang araw lang, after receiving the advice from China, the crisis was already here: COVID-19.

Ang masasabi ko lang, meron tayong 200 billion na ibinigay sa akin ng Kongreso para gastusin ko. Iyon naman ho ang ginagamit kong pakalat ngayon na pera para mabigyan ang lahat. Galing doon sa walang trabaho, may trabaho, kalahating trabaho. Ang mga mayaman, hindi na kasali.

Ako nama'y umaasa na itong ating mga trabahante na Pilipino ay gawin nila ang lahat para sa kapakanan ng ating bayan. At ang kami dito, gawain ko ang buong kaya kong gawin para ho sa inyo.

Kaya nga hindi ako nakalabas eh ilang araw, dalawang araw. Pero usually in times of crisis ho kailangan ang isang trabahante ng gobyerno na binigyan ho ng trabaho para humarap sa inyo, makipag-usap sa inyo.

Ito ho ang garantiya ko: Ginagawa namin ang lahat ng makakaya namin. May mga doktor na, mga nurses, attendants, namatay. Sila yung nasawi ang buhay para lang makatulong sa kapwa. Napakaswerte nila. Namatay sila para sa bayan. Iyon ang dapat ang rason na bakit tayo mamatay.

Huwag tayong mamatay sa ibang rason, nasagasaan ka lang at wala ka namang ginawa. It would be an honor to die for your country, I assure you.

At ako naman ho, ang pilosopiya ko ho ganito, sa nagtatrabaho, kung protected ka lang, eh make yourself fully covered, protected para hindi walang madisgrasya. Pero ang doktrina ko sa buhay is ako, si Rodrigo Duterte, kung panahon ko na, panahon ko na.

So ganon na lang ang pagtingin ko kasi wala man rin akong magawa. Pumupunta ako doon sa mga lugar na may giyera, pumupunta ako doon sa may lugar na may pumuputok 'yung bomba, pumu --- pumupunta ako doon sa likod ng mga sundalo at nagrarakrakan sila ng...

Eh hindi ko masabi kung kailan ako, kaya sabi ko na lang, "Diyos ko, 'pag panahon ko na, kunin mo na ako. Huwag kang mag-atubili. Bahala ka na."

So sa mga kababayan ko, hindi ko naman sinasabi na sundin ninyo ang aking pilosopiya. But somehow let the thought comfort you that I really worry about you, that I worry that you will not be able to reach an old age with your children and grandchildren.

Kasi ako nandiyan na eh. Patapos na ako, kaya ko masabi 'yan. So trabaho lang tayo, ang mga supplies nandiyan na, at makabili na tayo ng kailangan ninyo.

Ngayon, sa mga tao na binigyan ng people tasked of distributing the money, distributing the food, distributing the relief goods, kindly do it. I use the word "to a T". Kung hindi ninyo naintindihan 'yan, mag-research kayo.

Pero talagang 'pag nagkamali kayo dito, hindi ko kayo palusutin. I will see to it even tomorrow, if I discover some embezzlements, some hoarding there, at dina-divert 'yung pagkain sa mga tao na dapat hindi sa kanila, you better think.

I am not a cruel man. Pero kung may report ang pulis, I will order your detention hanggang matapos itong COVID-19.

Sabi ko huwag ngayon. Huwag na huwag kayong mandaya, mangurakot at taguin 'yung mga pagkain at iyung iba hindi bigyan kasi... You know, people sometimes think that they own whatever they receive from government. This is not yours, neither is it mine.

Pero kung mamulitika ka tapos mabalitaan ko na 'yan ang nagawa mo, I will suspend you ora mismo. And for those who are really absconding the money, I will detain you, I said; and maybe I will release you pagkatapos ng COVID.

Hindi ako nananakot. Nagpapasalamat ako sa buong --- lahat ng ating mga doktor, who are honest, who --- talagang nagta-trabaho. Sa inyo po, personal kong gratitude na hindi mabayaran ng pera. Nagpapasalamat rin ang taong bayang Pilipino. Salamat po at ako'y regularly mag --- makipag-usap sa inyo until this crisis is over.

Huwag kayong matakot ngayon. Huwag na huwag kayong matakot kasi sabi ko may pera ako at kung meron man ang palpak-palpak diyan kaunti, ayusin namin 'yan. Ayusin ni Lorenzana 'yan, the implementor, pati sa DILG, at itong si Galvez ho. Puro military na 'yan sila.

At as a matter of fact ganito, lahat ng kontribusyon, lahat, ibigay mo doon sa opisina na set up ng Task Force. At may --- kung may releases man, lahat, accounted 'yan tapos then there's another audit in the integrity of the procedure.

'Yan lang po. Nagpapasalamat ako sa lahat ng trabahante ng gobyernong nandiyan. At ako naman po'y at the same time nagbibigay ng warning: Totohanan ko talaga kayo.

Sa crisis tapos gawin mo pa 'yang... Dapat ka talagang ikulong. Hindi kita i-release at huwag kang.. Hindi ako maniwala ng kaso-kaso. Hayaan mo magpapa-preso ako balang araw kung mali ang sinabi ko at ginawa ko.

Sa inyong mga Pilipino, mga kababayan kababayan, mahal ko, kamong mga Bisaya, sunod lang mo. Sumunod lang kayo at walang problema.

Daghang salamat.

Well, President Rodrigo Duterte promises that he will be announcing his address to the nation yesterday afternoon at exactly 4pm but he failed comply, he was late for about 7 hours and aired around 11 PM yesterday night. This might give a more negative image for the government simply because they are not following a simple notice.

Unfortunately, I didn't find any tape live version of the transcript in youtube for us to be able to watch.

Source: https://twitter.com/Joseph_Morong?s=09

PRRD addressed the nation one week after he signed the Bayanihan to Heal As One Act in this video (https://www.facebook.com/pcoogov/videos/588950161699094/)

Some takeaways:

• Php 200 Bilion budget for the low income households. Hindi kasama dito yung mga nakakaangat na sa buhay.
• Recovery packages will soon be rolled out para tulungan ang mga SMEs na tinamaan din ng matindi.
• It's rare to hear the old man extend his gratitude to the rich owners of the companies he goes after. To be fair to them, malaki nga naitutulong nila during this crisis.

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Follow up on this, eto yung mga target beneficiaries ng 200 Billion pesos social amelioration program (see image). Php5K-8K ang maibibigay sa low-income households sa loob ng dalawang buwan in the form of cash and food items. Ang rate ay naka-base sa minimum daily wage per region.

Napakagulo ng sistema ng proseso pagkuha ng tulong na ito. Dami kong nababasa na reklamo tungkol dito. 200billion fund is huge help pero sana dumating talaga sa mga kababayan natin.

Ang mga tanong ko dito na hindi malinaw ay ang mga sumusunod na tingin ko dapat bigyan nila ng klaro.

• Sa isang pamilya ba iisa lang ang maaari makatanggap ng halagang 5k to 8k? Since sa loob ng isang bahay ay maaaring mayroon mga individual na pasok sa requirement
• Yung pag claim ng fund, masyado siyang vague, dahil ang nababasa ko ay thru bank account, ang pagpapadala sa mga approved nito, yung karamihan sa mga informal settlers, hindi gumagamit ng mga ganyan, so dapat ipadala nila mismo ito sa mga mabibigyan
• Ang pinakaimportante, bakit may discrimination na dapat yung mahihirap lang ang makakatanggap or ipapriority? Masyadong unfair ito, dahil kahit yung mga may work or may kaya na tao apektado din at namomroblema din dahil sa issue. Yes priority ang mahihirap at need ng tulong pero, the fact na yung mga nagtatrabaho ay mga nagbabayad ng buwis, ay wala manlamg maramdaman sa ating gobyerno

I am entitled and pasok sa requirement since I am an "OFW in distress" and I can provide yung requirements so easily pero ang masasabi ko lang di na ako aasa pa na darating at makakasama sa list provided the conditions that Ive stated above. Like ruling on how many per househould, which obviously they will not grant.

So sad pero nakikita ko na ganito lang ang mangyayari sa SAC program na yan.

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Ito ho ang garantiya ko: Ginagawa namin ang lahat ng makakaya namin. May mga doktor na, mga nurses, attendants, namatay. Sila yung nasawi ang buhay para lang makatulong sa kapwa. Napakaswerte nila. Namatay sila para sa bayan. Iyon ang dapat ang rason na bakit tayo mamatay.

Huwag tayong mamatay sa ibang rason, nasagasaan ka lang at wala ka namang ginawa. It would be an honor to die for your country, I assure you.

Huwag kayong matakot ngayon. Huwag na huwag kayong matakot kasi sabi ko may pera ako

Well, nobody has brought up the reason why the Philippines is once again in the international news, so I thought I'd mention it, perhaps its easier for me to do so being the foreigner.
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The government begins distributing P5,000 to P8,000 emergency subsidy to poor families affected by the #COVID19 crisis. Sec. Carlito Galvez, the chief implementer of the national action plan against COVID 19 led the distribution of subsidy in Parañaque City. | via @VivienneGulla

Nakakatuwa na nagumpisa na ang distribution ng SAC program sa Paranaque City. I expect na sa mga susunod na araw pati yung ibang mga City ay magdistribute na din, since sila ang kaunahan na naibalita means mabilis ang galaw ng Local government sa lugar na yan. Hula ko Quezon City ang kulelat sa ganito dahil medyo kakaiba attitude ng Mayor nila.

First, I sincerely apologize for losing my composure on social media. You are correct that all the projects implemented by the QC government belong to you, as they are funded by your taxes," Belmonte said.

Second, I apologize for distributing health kits branded with 'Joy Para Sa Bayan'. While it is true that my team used leftover donated bags from the previous campaign and that they were the most readily available bags on the first day of ECQ, it is clear that this was highly insensitive given the circumstances. Inaamin ko po na nagkamali ako

Walang pinagbago ang rate ng death mas mataas pa din kaysa sa recovery. Hopefully after Mass tesying eh medyo dumikit na ang recovery percentage natin. Means mas lumalala lang kapag ganito.

MANILA – The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has allowed around 12 medical experts from China to assist the Philippines in addressing the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said on Saturday.

“The IATF authorizes the technical visit of 12 medical experts from the People’s Republic of China, who will assist government efforts in addressing the Covid-19 situation in the Philippines,” Nograles, spokesperson of IATF-EID, said in a virtual press conference aired on state-run PTV-4.

Nograles said the IATF-EID’s approval is still subject to ratification by the Office of the President.

The Chinese Embassy in Manila announced Thursday that a team of Chinese medical who will help the Philippines in its fight against Covid-19 is set to arrive in Manila on Sunday, April 5.

The team, composed of 12 top Chinese doctors and nurses, has expertise in several fields like critical care medicine, respiratory infection disease control and prevention, and traditional Chinese medicine, the embassy said in a statement.

Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian on Monday said the main task of the medical experts is to provide technical advice on epidemic prevention and share medical treatment experience.

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Not a Yellow and Duterte supporter here, pero gusto ko lang sabihin, magaling ang ginawa ng Presidente... This is the right thing to do, di ito oras ng pulitika, let everyone do their part para maka survive tayo lahat...

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What I dont like last night event is yung pagaddress ni Pres. Duterte, sa tagal ng ere mas nabigyan ng focus ang petty fights na dapat hindi niya na pinagsasabi especially on Diokno. He should just address the issue on a very brief thought then focus na sa on going plans and mga update sa accomplishment ng gobyerno.

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Nograles: Cabinet members to donate 75% of monthly salary to aid COVID-19 fight
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I agree. What I dont like last night event is yung pagaddress ni Pres. Duterte, sa tagal ng ere mas nabigyan ng focus ang petty fights na dapat hindi niya na pinagsasabi especially on Diokno. He should just address the issue on a very brief thought then focus na sa on going plans and mga update sa accomplishment ng gobyerno.

I like how the Singapore address his nation with regards to their action plan agaisnt covid19. Singapore Prime Minister Press Con (https://youtu.be/adA6_PnIUuA) nakaka amaze siya kung paano niya iaddress ang kanilang ginagawa sa bansa nila. Hopefully ganito si Pres. Duterte.

MANILA, Philippines — A majority of Cabinet members have pledged to voluntarily donate 75 percent of their monthly salary to aid the government’s fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said Saturday.

“Nais din nating ipagbigay-alam na ang karamihan, majority, ng mga miyembro ng gabinete ni Pangulong Duterte ay boluntaryong ibibigay ang malaking bahagi —75%— ng kanilang buwanang sahod upang ilaan sa mga programa ng gobyerno upang sugpuin ang COVID-19 sa loob ng panahong pinapatupad ang Bayanihan Law,” Nograles said during the Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases briefing.

(We wish to inform you that a majority of the members of the Cabinet of President Duterte will voluntarily give 75 percent of their monthly salaries to the programs of the government to end COVID-19 during the effectivity of the Bayanihan Law.)

He was referring to Republic Act 11469, or the Bayabihan to Heal As One Law, which also gave President Rodrigo Duterte additional powers to address the COVID-19 crisis.

Some of the Cabinet members, Nograles added, will donate their salaries until December of this year just to support the anti-COVID-19 programs.

Nograles added that he is also one of the Cabinet members who have pledged to donate their salaries.

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Bases sa statistics masasabi natin na patuloy ang paglaki ng mga kaso ng virus araw-araw, ~

Right now, mas lalong tumataas ang cases ng COVID-19 sa bansa, at mas mabilis na Ang pagdami nito.
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Nakakatuwa na nagumpisa na ang distribution ng SAC program sa Paranaque City. I expect na sa mga susunod na araw pati yung ibang mga City ay magdistribute na din, since sila ang kaunahan na naibalita means mabilis ang galaw ng Local government sa lugar na yan. Hula ko Quezon City ang kulelat sa ganito dahil medyo kakaiba attitude ng Mayor nila.

ask ko lang kung sakop ba ng cash emergency subsidy ang mga may mga maliliit na sari sari store? nung nakaraan pa ko nag hahanap pero yung mga nakita ko para maka pag apply sa emergency cash subsidy ay kailangan ng COE(certificate of employment) etc.

8.) Informal Economy Workers

Occasional Workers (e.g. labandera)

Subcontracted Workers (e.g. pakyaw workers)

Homeworkers (e.g. workers in family business such as crafts making, food processing, etc.);

Househelpers – who are not currently earning or cannot work because of the ECQ (e.g. kasambahay, family driver)

Pedicab, UVs, Tricycle, PUJs, Taxi, PUBs, Transport Network Vehicle Service (TNVS) and Transport Network Companies (TNC) drivers (also includes Grab, Angkas, Joyride riders and such)

micro-business and Sari-sari Store owners, and other similar business with asset less than Php10,000

Small Family Business Owners (e.g. vegetable or fruit vendors, streets vendors, RTW, carinderia, etc.)

Sub Minimum Wage Earners  (e.g. helpers in carinderia, sari-sari store)

Farm workers and Fisherfolks (e.g. magsasaka, mangingisda etc)

“no work, no pay” employees

Stranded workers (e.g. construction workers stranded in their respective construction site/s).

THE Department of Health-Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (DOH-Resu) in Davao Region said they are tracing some 400 personalities who had exposure to the New Davao Matina Gallera in Matina, Davao City after 12 cock derby goers have been confirmed positive with coronavirus disease (Covid-19), including the four who succumbed to the disease.

Dr. Cleo Fe Tabada, medical officer of DOH-Resu-Davao, said the 12 had travel history to the cockpit. Contact tracing is being conducted by their surveillance team to check whether the people in the cockpit had close contact with the 12 before their result came out.

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OK lang ma extend ang ECQ, suportahan na muna ng gobyerno ang pangailangan ng mga apektado, and mas OK kung magkarun muna ng Mass testing then saka na pag desisyunan kung i - lift na ba, o dahan dahan lang...

TOKYO - Japan is considering increasing the stockpile of Fujifilm Holding Corp's Avigan anti-flu drug during this fiscal year so it can be used to treat 2 million people, according to a planning document seen by Reuters.

Local media reported on Sunday that Japan was hoping to triple the production of the drug from current levels, which is enough to treat 700,000 people if used by coronavirus patients.

Avigan, also known as Favipiravir, is manufactured by a subsidiary of Fujifilm, which has a healthcare arm although it is better known for its cameras. The drug was approved for use in Japan in 2014. Avigan is being tested in China as a treatment for COVID-19.

In the emergency stimulus package expected to be rolled out on Tuesday, the government also planned to prioritize the clinical trial process of the drug so it can be formally approved to be used in treating coronavirus patients.

According to the document, Japan also plans to boost subsidies to domestic companies that supply masks and disinfectants and will secure enough capacity to supply 700 million masks a month.

The Nikkei newspaper reported on Sunday that in efforts to reduce its dependence on China as its manufacturing hub, it will subsidize companies that will move some of their production facilities back to Japan.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday a stimulus package to combat the coronavirus pandemic will target small firms and households hardest hit by social distancing policies that are affecting consumption.

The package will include cash payouts to small firms and households facing sharp falls in income, Abe said.

The government will also urge private financial institutions to join government-affiliated lenders in offering zero-interest rate loans to cash-strapped small and midsized firms, he said.

Philippine Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said Sunday there has been an offer for a clinical trial coming from Japan, "whereby this drug will be used and we are going to identify hospitals and patients."

"We had communicated already through our (Department of Foreign Affairs) that we are interested in joining so that we can access this drug," Vergeire told ANC.

Sang-ayon din ako sa extension.
Sa palagay ko ginawang good for two months yung Social Amelioration Program dahil naisipan na din nilang i-extend ang ECQ.
Tungkol sa Mass testing, hindi yata nila magagawa yan bago matapos ang April 12. Ayon sa mga naunang pahayag, April 14 pa gagawin sa mga PUMs at PUIs.

"With the announcement of the Chief Implementer, [retired] General Galvez, that mass testing can only be conducted on April 14, which is still 11 days from now, we are left with no other choice but to extend the ECQ by at least two weeks," he said.

"Mass testing of persons under monitoring and persons under investigation is the only way to determine if we are winning the war or not. Without mass testing, we are totally blind," he added.

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año earlier said an extension is not advisable as this would hurt the country's economy.

Health Secretary Francisco Duque, four days ago, said it was too early to say if the implementation of the Luzon-wide quarantine should be prolonged.

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Leni Robredo said Sunday she will support an extension of the enhanced community quarantine, but underscored that it was “crucial” for the government to explain to the people why it was necessary and that assistance should be expedited.

“Pero crucial para mag-cooperate ang mga tao, crucial na naiintindihan nila kung bakit kailangan gawin. Kung hindi nila naiintindihan bakit kailangan gawin, ‘yung resistance nandyan,” she said.

(It’s crucial that for people to cooperate, they need to understand why we need to do this. If they can’t understand why, there will be resistance.

The vice president also believes that the local government units instead of the Department of Social Welfare and Development would know better about the processing the national government’s social amelioration program.

“Ako naniniwala ako na ang LGU ang dapat gumagawa nito. Ang LGU yung may sense kung ano talaga ang nangyayari on the ground, LGU ang nakakaalam ng landscape,” she said.

MANILA, Philippines — Legal group Initiatives for Dialogue and Empowerment through Alternative Legal Services (IDEALS, Inc.) this weekend launched a crisis hotline to provide accessible legal advice, consultation, and information aid to the public amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Through the hotline, the non-government organization's lawyers and paralegals will be made available to answer the public's queries on government protocols, relief operations, social welfare concerns and legal rights education in the context of the enhanced community quarantine.

Singapore has expressed willingness to work with the Philippines in using an app that would help in the tracing of individuals who have come in contact with COVID-19 patients, the Department of Information and Communications Technology said Sunday.

Singaporean Ambassador Ho Wei Hong was quoted by the DICT as saying his government is willing to provide the Philippines technical assistance on the use of the app called TraceTogether.

TraceTogether, an app developed by SGUnited, the Singaporean Government Technology Agency and the Singaporean Ministry of Health, uses Bluetooth to track people who have come close to a COVID-19 patient.

It tracks when they were in close proximity with other people, which can be used to identify the close contacts of COVID-19 patients, if they allow the Singaporean Ministry of Health access to data in the app.

The Singaporean government ensures that the app does not track a user’s location and contacts and data it collects will only be stored on the phone for 21 days and will not be accessed unless they are identified as a close contact.

Sa mga nakasubaybay sa mga actions ng Gobyerno, naisumite na ng Pangulo ang pangalawang report sa Kongreso  - Pres. Rodrigo Duterte’s second report to the Congress on the government's implementation of the Bayanihan to Heal As One Act (https://www.facebook.com/PTVph/posts/3420751967985449).

Sa mga gumagamit ng mga surgical masks kapag, please check kung protektado ba talaga kayo nyan. Watch the breath test video (https://www.facebook.com/applefloresb/videos/10218809936372585/) para malaman kung peke ang mask o hindi.

While the IATF is still discussing kung i-extend ang ECQ, some trivia muna tayo. Ibig sabihin pala ng salitang "Quarantine" ay a period of 40 days (source) (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quarantine). Ayon sa  Wikipedia, galing ang salitang ito sa "Quarantena" na ibig sabihin ay forty days.

Kaya alam niyo na, hindi talaga pang-30 days lang  ;D

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Quick update: ECQ extension been extend up to April 30 na sa recent decision by PRRD.

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Nakasubaybay ako sa mga nangyayari about sa report na to at alam mo masyado nang tumatagal ang pag proseso ng mga bagay na to, given na mag iisang buwan na tayong under Quarantine and almost 2 weeks under Enhanced Quaratine e dapat naayudahan na nila agad ang mga tao. Ito dapat ang urgent na pinoproseso kasabay ng mga testing kits and centers.

Right now, mas lalong tumataas ang cases ng COVID-19 sa bansa, at mas mabilis na Ang pagdami nito. Nakakabahala na pag mas lalo pa itong dumami ay baka hindi naito macontrol ng gobyerno at ng mga frontliners. Matatapos na ang ECQ pero mas lalo pang dumadami ang cases. Nakakatakot na pag once bumalik na ang lahat sa trabaho at eskwelahan habang hindi pa nakakahanap ng solution sa virus, mas lalong lalaki ito sa bansa.

MANILA, Philippines (Update 2: 11:01 a.m.) — The enhanced community quarantine in Luzon is extended until April 30, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said Tuesday.

In a late night address Monday, President Rodrigo Duterte’s late night address where he said the government is “inclined to extend the lockdown up to April 30.”

Nograles, in a virtual briefing Tuesday morning, said that the president accepted the Inter-agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases’ recommendation to extend the ECQ in Luzon.

“Our [IATF’s] recommendation to President Duterte is accepted by the President, and he announced it last night,” Nograles said in a mix of English and Filipino.

“We verified it and the answer was the ECQ is hereby extended until 11:59 p.m. until April 30,” he added.

Nograles said the IATF passed two resolutions on Monday night. In Resolution No. 20, the IATF formally recommended “the extension of the implementation of the [ECQ] in the entirety of Luzon up to April 30, 2020” to the Office of the President.

He added that the resolution noted that exemptions previously granted by the IATF and the Office of the President shall continue in the duration of the extended enhanced community quarantine.

“Such extension of the ECQ shall be without prejudice to the discretion of the president to relax that implementation of the ECQ in some local jurisdictions or the ranting of exemptions in favor of certain sectors such as public health considerations and food security may warrant,” Nograles also said.

Sa aming lugar (Valenzuela City) ay patuloy paring nadadagdagan ang cases kaya nakakatakot na din lumabas. Mayroon ng confirmed 19 positive cases at maraming PUI at PUM. However, thankful naman kasi maayos ang pamamahala sa amin ng aming LGU. Nabibigyan ang mga nangangailangan ng pagkain (kahit hindi pa lahat ay nabibigyan). Pero maganda na nakikita naman ang paggalaw ng LGU. Isa pang magandang balita sa aming lugar, magkakaroon ng mass testing para sa mga PUI, PUM, at mga frontliners sa Valenzuela na pinangunahan ng aming Mayor para mangyari.

JUST IN: We have an additional positive case of COVID-19 in Valenzuela City bringing our total to 33 as of April 7, 2020.

VC33 is a 42-year-old male.

Our Valenzuela City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) is monitoring all the confirmed cases and conducting contact tracing to the identified close contacts.

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Habang patuloy na tumataas ang cases dito sa Pilipinas, mas lumalabong matapos ang quarantine. Hindi kasi pwede na tapusin ang ECQ habang dumadami ang cases kasi mas lalo itong dadami.

PLASMA TRANSFUSION

Last week, the Philippine General Hospital issued a call for COVID-19 survivors to donate blood or plasma. Plasma from donors, who will go through thorough screening, will be used to help treat patients with severe and critical symptoms of COVID-19.

Dr. Jonas Del Rosario, PGH spokesperson, told ABS-CBN News that convalescent plasma therapy has long been used during epidemics as a way to bring in antibodies from recovered patients to those still battling the disease.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has also supported the treatment, which has been used for illnesses that do not have a vaccine yet.

“You are essentially giving the new victim's immune system a boost of antibodies to hopefully get them through the very difficult phase,” Dr. Mike Ryan, head of WHO's health emergencies program, said in February.

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My conclusion to this tally, sobrang baba ng ating recovery rate unlike sa mga kalapit na bansa. IMO, hindi pwede na ito lang ang pagbasehan natin dahil mas maganda ang record na may inclusion ng rate of population at mga na-test para malaman natin ang pagkakaiba and also PUM & PUI sa bawat bansa. Tho, big amount of deaths in our country really shows na hindi masyadong handled ng DOH at di tayo ready sa mga situation na ganito. I think this is the effect ng pagbabawas ng funds para sa department of health which is obviously sobrang importante dahil sa panahon ngayon, anytime pwede na magkaroon ng mga panibago at iba't ibang sakit.

At least 571,000 families will receive rice subsidies from the Manila City government next week amid the COVID-19 crisis.

In a statement, Manila Mayor Isko Moreno announced that 50,000 sacks for rice, which is equivalent to 2.5 million kilos of rice, are ready for distribution to the families affected by the enhanced community quarantine.

"We are trying to stock up on basic goods, particularly rice, so we entered into a contract with [the] National Food Authority about two weeks ago. This is going to be delivered by next week in their respective barangays,” Moreno said during the inspection of sacks at Pritil Market.

The Manila Mayor said at least three kilograms of rice will be given to each family.

“But it is better na [may] sobra para maakap namin hangga’t maaari ang lahat,” he added.

As of April 10, the Manila city government has distributed food packs to at least 235,000 families.

In addition, the Manila city government has also earmarked a P571-million budget for the City Amelioration Crisis Assistance Fund (CACAF)  which grants P1,000 cash aid to each of 500,000 families residing in the city’s 896 barangays. 

One of the famous Mayor on Metro Manila Isko Moreno will be giving out a lot of rice subsidies sa mga kababayan natin check out the news. This is one thing Filipinos are expecting from our Politicians.

I wonder how much giving out the government can do left before there wouldn't be much funds left though(alam naman natin kung gaano sila kalakas kumupit). Taking into consideration ung mejo recent address ni pangulong Duterts.
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The money from the local and national government will eventually run out soon. Both Mayor Isko and President Duterte knows that and that is why they keep addressing the public (with desperation in their voice) to follow ECQ protocols strictly to contain the virus as fast as possible. Asking help form the private sector and realigning the 2020 budget are only temporary measures but If we don't kick start the economy in the next month or two, I think we will be in big trouble.

While I definitely hope not, various cities going all-out looting à la battle royale is slowly but surely being possible. Remember what happened to Tacloban after Typhoon Haiyan? That, but potentially nationwide when the government runs out of funds. The idea in itself is scary as hell. I need a gun lol.

The "unpreparedness" was not the effect of a budget cut. The initial proposal for the 2020 budget was lower than that of 2019 but the approved budget was actually higher.

• 2019 approved budget: Php 165.92 billion; 2020 Approved/Signed - Php 172.37 billion (source) (https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/238933-where-will-money-go-2020-budget)
• 2020 proposed budget - Php 166.5 billion (source) (https://www.dbm.gov.ph/images/pdffiles/2020-Budget-at-a-Glance-Proposed.pdf)

I think there were major boosts/improvements in our healthcare system since this current administration took over but it's still not ready to take on a global pandemic like COVID-19

We can also assume that our medical experts had underestimated this virus but, to be fair, almost every country did and many of them had a better healthcare system than us. With the increasing daily testing capacity, with more quarantine facilities being built and with more protective gears & medical equipment being bought/manufactured/donated, hopefully we can flatten the curve even further and lessen the number of casualties.  

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Sa budget na yan, hindi ba included yung PhilHealth diyan? Definitely, Malaki ang mababawas sa 172.37 billion and di natin sure kung nag-eexist pa yung pera na yan. The cut in the budget has a huge impact, makakapagprovide sana tayo ng mas maraming equipments for testing, additional quarantine rooms, medical supplies and such that will help to prevent the increasing amount of deaths here. Okay ng dumami ang cases, it means the government is tracing all of those PUI and PUM para hindi na mag-spread pa yung novel coronavirus, huwag lang dumami ang death cases sa ating bansa.

I've noticed na some of the PPEs and testing kits ay donation pa from the other countries.
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I doubt they underestimated the virus outbreak, as news arrived, all the people, particularly those in the medical profession, asked for an early travel ban because they knew the system's vulnerabilities and incapabilities.

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While I definitely hope not, various cities going all-out looting à la battle royale is slowly but surely being possible. Remember what happened to Tacloban after Typhoon Haiyan? That, but potentially nationwide when the government runs out of funds. The idea in itself is scary as hell. I need a gun lol.

That's incident in Tacloban is different because the people were not looting for food. Ninanakaw nila lahat ng kanilang nakikita at sa tingin nila mapapakinabangan but scary as hell din ang tagpong yon. Resulta kasi yon sa bagal ng gobyerno sa pag-control sa isang lugar.

Dito sa amin, ECQ din pero hindi ko pa naman nakikita ang mga tao na nagrereklamo dahil wala ng makain. Kung lahat ng sektor kung magtutulungan at hindi lang iasa lahat sa gobyerno, i think mas madali nating ma-contain itong virus na ito.

I was looking for news about COVID-19 kaninang umaga at nabasa ko sa isang balita na ang virus ay kayang umabot hanggang 13 feet mag mula sa infected patient. Ang ipinapatupad natin ngayon na social distancing ay nasusukat lamang sa 2 meters, which is twice ng distancing guidelines natin ang kayang maabot ng virus.

Although magmula sa distance na ito, hindi naman daw infectious ang small quantities ng droplets mula sa infected person, mahirap pa rin makasiguro. Mas prone na dumikit ang virus sa mga bagay na madalas hinahawakan ng tak tulad ng computer mouse, trashcan, doorknob and more.

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Isa pang kumakalat ngayon sa social media, ang pag send ng link nasinasabing may 2 months free Netflix daw dahil ngayong may corona virus.

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Nagbabala naman ang iilan na huwag magpaniwala sa kumakalat na link na ito at wag itong pipindutin dahil maaaring makuha ang atin personal information. Alam nating marami na ang bored at naghahanap ng pagkakaabalahan habang lockdown. Yung ibang gusto manood pero walang Netflix account, sila ang most likely na mahulog sa ganitong panloloko. Kaya mag iingat parin tayo. Sabihan ang mga kakilala tungkol dito. Kaninang umaga lang, may mga iilan na din akong natanggap na ganyang link pero hindi ko nalang pinapansin.

Here's a simple breakdown of the 2019 and 2020 approved budget for our healthcare:

2019's Php 165.92 billion approved budget (source) (https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/229539-winners-losers-national-budget-philippines-2019):

• DOH - 98.57 billion
• Philhealth - 67.35 billion

2020's Php 172.37 billion approved budget:

• DOH - 101.02 billion
• Philhealth - 71.35 billion

As you can see, there was no budget cut in the total funds (both for DOH and Philhealth). There changes with the allocation of the funds within our healthcare sector but I don't think there's a need to discuss that in detail.

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They were obviously also looting for food.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-typhoon/desperate-philippine-typhoon-survivors-loot-dig-up-water-pipes-idUSBRE9A603Q20131113
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regions/334750/looting-reported-in-tacloban-in-aftermath-of-yolanda/story/

Yes, so far syempre kokonti palang talaga ang magrereklamo since may resources pa. The problem arises when kokonti nalang ang natirang resources. April 11 palang, April 30 pa ang end ng ECQ; and that's assuming na hindi pa ma-extend ulit. Maraming pwedeng mangyari sa loob ng 19 days knowing na anglaki pa man din ng population ng mahihirap.

Ang bilang ng mga kaso ng coronavirus sa Pilipinas ay umakyat na sa 4,648 nitong Linggo, Abril 12.

Ayon sa ulat ng Department of Health (DOH), may 220 na bagong mga kaso, mula 4,428 noong Sabado, Abril 11.

Ang mga pagkamatay dahil sa COVID-19 ay umakyat din sa 297, tumataas ng 50 mula 247 sa mga nakaraang araw. Ito ang pinakamataas na bilang ng pagkamatay kada isang araw na naiulat ngayon.

Samantala, 40 pang mga pasyente ang gumaling mula sa virus, na mayroong bilang na 197 mga pasyenteng gumaling mula sa virus. Ito ang pinakamataas na bilang ng mga gumaling sa ngayon.

Ang buong Luzon ay nananatiling naka-lockdown upang mapahinto o mapagilan ang pagkalat ng virus, matapos pahabain ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang  "enhanced community quarantine" sa rehiyon hanggang Abril 30.

Tinatantya ng mga Health Expert na ang bilang ng mga kaso sa bansa ay maaaring umabot kahit saan sa pagitan ng 26,000 at 75,000. (BASAHIN: Ex-DOH chief: Ang aktwal na bilang ng mga kaso ng virus ay maaaring umabot sa 75,000 sa 2 linggo).

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"Ang ating mga estimation galing po 'yan sa ating mga scientist, sa mga mathematician. Nagkaroon po tayo ng tatlong modelling estimates na ginawa kung saan ang timeline ranged from hanggang third quarter of the year and maybe worst case scenario base sa kanilang pag-aaral ay next year po ng January. But these are all estimations," Vergeire said in a virtual press briefing.

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/733740/philippine-covid-19-problem-may-last-until-jan-2021-if-no-intervention-will-be-done-doh/story/

"Based on my optimistic forecast, if the interventions such as the enhanced community quarantine aren't that effective, the peak might happen mid-April, with around 2,500 active cases in Metro Manila," Rabajante said.

The cumulative number of infected cases might rise to between 6,000 and 7,000 in that same period.

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Experts from the Philippines and the World Health Organization estimate the novel coronavirus cases in the country could peak to 75,000 in the next 3 months or by June if not properly contained

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Isang Padre de Pamilya pumatay ng kapitan dahil di umano'y hindi naisali sa listahan ng mga nabigyan ng 5-8k Amelioration.

Pinatay ang kapitan na si Chairman Larry Calderon Rosales ng Brgy. Sta. Ana San Pablo City at ang suspect ay si Pablito Uy Hernandez, 45 taong gulang at may asawa sa kadahilanang hindi nabigyan ng 5-8k Amelioration ang suspect kaya nagawa niya ang karumal-dumal na krimen.

Ayon sa imbestigasyon nag-uusap si chairman at ang suspect sa labas ng Brgy. Hall ng biglang di - umano'y naglabas ito ng itak ang supect sa kanyang dalang bag at walang habas na tinaga si chairman sa leeg at ulo dahilan para mamatay ang chairman. Agad naman rumisponde ang mga police at nahuli ang suspect.

 https://www.pinaycares.com/2020/04/look-isang-lalaki-na-hindi-umanoy.html 

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Kagaya nga ng aking nabanggit hindi lahat ng kapwa nating Pilipino ay natutuwa sa Enhanced Community Quarantine

April 15, 2020 – Low-income households who are consuming less than 50 kilowatts per hour a month will be exempted from paying their electric bills for the period during the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine, a senior administration official said on Wednesday.

Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said about 3 million poor Filipinos living outside the capital will benefit from a program called “Pantawid Liwanag”, which offers help to so-called “lifeline consumers”.

“Sa mga kababayan nating komukonsumo ng mas mababa sa 50 kilowatt per hour o yung mga tinatawag na “lifeline consumers” ng mga electric cooperative dito sa Luzon, maging sa Visayas at Mindanao – maliban sa isang buwang grace period sa pagbabayad ng kuryente – libre na po ang inyong konsumo sa loob ng March to April billing period. Target na tulungan ng Pantawid Liwanag ang tatlong milyong  mahihirap na consumer ng mga electric cooperative.,” he said in a virtual press briefing.

Nograles also assured Luzon residents that there is enough power supply, about 4,000 MW, for them during the enhanced community quarantine period. The current demand throughout Luzon area is about 7,323 MW during the hot and dry months of April and May.

“This means we currently have an excess capacity of 4,742 MW. Lubos din ang suplay natin ng kuryente dito po sa Luzon,” Nograles said.

In terms of water supply in Metro Manila, Nograles said the region’s almost 13 million residents should not fret over water shortage this summer.

The National Water Resources Board reported that it alloted the full water allocation of 46 cubic meters per second to water services firm Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System from the Angat Reservoir until the last day of the enhanced community quarantine.

“Makakaasa po tayo na tuloy-tuloy po ang daloy ng tubig dito po sa [National Capital Region] sa kalagitnaan ng enhanced community quarantine o ECQ,” Nograles said. (Roy Narra/MM)

Sudden confusion
Speaking of worsening signs, the CDC says a sudden confusion or an inability to wake up and be alert may be a serious sign that emergency care may be needed. If you or a loved one has those symptoms, especially with other critical signs like bluish lips, trouble breathing or chest pain, the CDC says to seek help immediately.

Pink eye
Research from China, South Korea and other parts of the world indicate that about 1% to 3% of people with Covid-19 also had conjunctivitis, commonly known as pink eye.
Conjunctivitis, a highly contagious condition when caused by a virus, is an inflammation of the thin, transparent layer of tissue, called conjunctiva, that covers the white part of the eye and the inside of the eyelid.
But SARS-CoV-2 is just one of many viruses that can cause conjunctivitis, so it came as no real surprise to scientists that this newly discovered virus would do the same.
Still, a pink or red eye could be one more sign that you should call your doctor if you also have other telltale symptoms of Covid-19, such as fever, cough or shortness of breath.

https://www.sortiraparis.com/news/coronavirus/articles/214066-frostbites-red-patches-nettle-rashes-covid-19-cutaneous-symptoms-according-to-de/lang/en
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1266948/coronavirus-symptoms-signs-covid-19-infection-skin-spots
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/heal-the-mind-heal-the-body/202004/possible-early-sign-covid-19

Is this confirmed already? Couldn't find articles on more reputable sources. Puros small blogs at YouTube videos lang nahahanap ko at the moment.

It looks like there will be a change in leadership sa DOH.

Senators seek Duque's resignation for 'failure of leadership' amid COVID-19 crisis (https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/734279/senators-seek-duque-s-resignation-for-failure-of-leadership-amid-covid-19-crisis/story/)

They cited the following reasons:

• Failure of Leadership
• Negligence
• Lack of Foresight
• Inefficiency

Though I think nag-resign na dapat siya nung pumutok ang Dengvaxia, I'm not sure if this is the right time for this move. I would have preferred na after na ng crisis saka panagutin ang lahat ng may pagkukulang kasi baka maapektuhan lalo ang implementation ng policies to fight COVID-19 but these lawmakers probably have seen enough.

Nope, hindi siya pinalitan ni PRRD at ewan ko ba kung bakit me tiwala parin siya kay Doque eh ang bagal nito gumalaw mas madami pa presscon kaysa sa aksyon dapat ung mga testing labs ay pinapabilis ang pag accredit upang makapagsagawa na ng mas testing ung mga lugar na nag request nito at tsaka sablay din sya dun sa pagharang nya sa mga PPE's dahil maraming front liners ang nalagay sa alanganin dahil dito.

Hind siguro sa tiwala, pero at this point baka mas lalong hindi maganda kung papalitan sya sa gitna ng crisis. Nakita naman nya ung resolution ng mga Senator at dapat nyang i address ito ng mas maayos ngayon lalo na yung accreditation ng testing facility sa Marikina. So dapat in the next coming days maging aggresibo na ang DOH sa pamumuno nya, wag na puro pa pogi at pa press-con kabi kabila.

Pero on other hand sa tingin ko since si Doque nadin ang naupo at tiyak may malawak kaalaman sya e pinagpatuloy  nalang ni pangulo at siguro warning ito para pagbutihin niya ang kanyang trabaho kasi marami ang nakasalalay sa kanyang desisyon at sana nga maging agresibo na ang DOH ngayong may mga testing lab na waiting maapprobahan at para masimulan nadin ang mas testing, walang lugar ang pabagal-bagal ngayon dahil kailangan na talaga ma flaten ang curve upang maibalik na paunti-unti ang buhay at ekonomiya natin.

Nope, hindi siya pinalitan ni PRRD at ewan ko ba kung bakit me tiwala parin siya kay Doque eh ang bagal nito gumalaw mas madami pa presscon kaysa sa aksyon dapat ung mga testing labs ay pinapabilis ang pag accredit upang makapagsagawa na ng mas testing ung mga lugar na nag request nito at tsaka sablay din sya dun sa pagharang nya sa mga PPE's dahil maraming front liners ang nalagay sa alanganin dahil dito.

aalisin na ang lockdown, bahala na ang mga tao sa mga buhay nila.

ang dami kasing mga filipinong mga ingitero at utak talanka.

feeling close kasi si duterte sa china, hindi niya alam kung hanggang saan lang ang limitasyon sa relasyon ng administrasyon na ito sa china regarding sa "pandemic scenario", naunahan pa ng russia magsara ng borders ang pinas, bakit? kasi sabi ng china sa pinas na huwag isara ang borders sa china (at kakampi pa ang WHO sa china, hindi daw kailangan itigil ang air travel). tapos dahil sa gustong maging in "good terms" ng administrasyon hindi sinara ang borders.

ano ang masmaganda buhay ang lokal na ekonomiya pero sarado ang mga airports at sea ports o ganito naka lockdown lahat?

ang china naman na walang delikadeza at hiya eh gusto talagang mang hawa.

obvious naman na si doque ay sumusunod lang sa pangulo at nakikinig sa WHO imbis na paandarin ang sariling utak.

yang mga senador naman na ang gagaling magreseach ng mga ipapampulitika eh ang tatanga naman pagdating sa virus na may mga characteristics ng isang pandemic starter. may nag comment pa sa senate hearing na "may direct flight pala ang wuhan sa pinas"---bakit kailan niya nalaman? during the hearing o before? kung during-wala siyang kwenta, kung before-bakit wala din siyang ginawa?

at best, may failure of advisors ang pangulo.. at worst naman eh matigas at mahina lang talaga ang ulo, feeling all knowing haha.

yung philhealth naman pakatapos may mag claim ng 4 Milyon sa critical treatment para sa wuhan virus binaba na sa 700,000 plus ang pwedeng ma claim haha

mga frontliners (mga hospitals to be specific) hindi na tumatanggap mga pasyente kasi takot na sila. parang mga sundalo na nagsisitakbuhan sa sa giyera...hindi mo naman masisi dahil natural naman ang self preservation.

“All of our personnel assigned in Quezon City Jail were tested. There are around 40 of them and we had them swabbed,” Solda said pertaining to the test procedure for COVID-19.

He added that 21 other inmates were also tested.

“Those who show symptoms, definitely they have to be tested to determine the extent of possible infection,” Solda added in Filipino.

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/04/17/2007916/9-bjmp-inmates-test-positive-covid-19

Can't comprehend really sa mga pinagsasasabi mo @arielbit, are you one of those people na nagpapaniwala ng mga news on social media, if so at least verify it on legit sources? More like mga conspiracy lang ang statements mo. Is it true na hindi nga kinaya ng China, do you have claims na hindi nga? So far, I think na-flatten na nila yung curve nila regarding sa conspiracy that they are just trying to spread the disease that can't be concluded yet it is still a conspiracy. Ano ang masama kung sumunod sa alituntunin ng gobyerno na mapagaan ang sitwasyon dahil sa pandemic?

Aren't you portraying one of those characteristics? Anong alisin ang lockdown? Hindi mo na alam na may mga silent carriers na nagpopositibo at hindi nila rin alam until tested na meron sila ng naturang sakit, just heard it on the news especially doon sa Valenzuela City kasi nagkaroon na sila ng mass testing. Does lifting the ECQ solved the problem until the curve hasn't been flattened? I think not, oo mahirap lalong lalo na sa walang-wala talaga pero mas hindi kakayanin ng gobyerno na mas lumalala pa ang sitwasyon lalo na kung i-lift ang ECQ ng maaga until we really see a decline of cases.

'I am just asking for your disiplina, kasi 'pag ayaw ninyong maniwala, mag-take over ang military at police.... Parang martial law na rin. Mamili kayo,' says a disgruntled President Rodrigo Duterte

I was expecting someone to post yung sinabi ni Pres Duterte.

'Parang martial law': Duterte warns troops to take over if Filipinos break quarantine


https://www.rappler.com/nation/258174-parang-martial-law-duterte-warns-troops-takeover-filipinos-break-quarantine

So ayan na, sa mga makukulit na naglalabas pa dyan kahit na nasa lock-down na. Marami pa ring cases ang nag di-discover everyday at kung hindi bumaba ang statistics malamang mag extend ng quarantine at worst martial law ang kasunod.

I was expecting someone to post yung sinabi ni Pres Duterte.

'Parang martial law': Duterte warns troops to take over if Filipinos break quarantine


https://www.rappler.com/nation/258174-parang-martial-law-duterte-warns-troops-takeover-filipinos-break-quarantine

So ayan na, sa mga makukulit na naglalabas pa dyan kahit na nasa lock-down na. Marami pa ring cases ang nag di-discover everyday at kung hindi bumaba ang statistics malamang mag extend ng quarantine at worst martial law ang kasunod.

bibigyan kita ng hint. COVID19 ..ang ibig sabihin 2019 pa yang virus na yan. conspiracy? January 20 lang ng china sinabi na may human to human transmission, may internet ka at siguradong may oras ka dahil sa lockdown, basa basa at youtube youtube lang  ;)

ang sinabi kong aalisin ang lockdown ay prediction ko na mangyayari..bakit?

1.) obserbahan mo yung mga mahihirap, tama sila mauuna pa silang mamamatay sa gutom kaysa virus
2.) hanggang ngayon 14 days pa ang official maximum quarantine days, merong recorded na asymptomatic carriers up to 26 days
3.) yung gumaling na pwedeng magka relapse
4.) human to animal tapos animal to human. (hindi lang tao ang pwedeng maging carriers)
5.) kaya bang isustain ang pagpakain ng gobyerno sa mga tao hanggang maubos ang virus? extend lang ng extend ng lockdown?
6.) ang mga hospital nirereject na ang mga pasyente
7.) pinaghuhuli yung mga gustong mag supply ng alcohol at face mask
8.) ang philhealth hindi na icocover ang full payment ng hospitalization at maraming hindi kayang magbayad

Generally, it appears as though humans can survive without any food for 30-40 days, as long as they are properly hydrated. Severe symptoms of starvation begin around 35-40 days, and as highlighted by the hunger strikers of the Maze Prison in Belfast in the 1980s, death can occur at around 45 to 61 days.

tingan mo ang mga comments sa youtube sa mga video ng mga hinuling nagbebenta ng alcohol at face mask kung hindi ingitero at utak talanka ang masasabi mo, saka yung mga nag utos na manghuli-isa rin sila. yang gobyero ang profiteering dahil okay daw yung mga PPE at test kits na binili sa china pero yung mga bansa sa europe ang sabi hindi daw okay-mataas daw ang failure rate. bakit okay daw sabi ng gobyerno?--kasi meron silang kick back hehe.

Duterte to consult past DOH secretaries over quarantine extension, says Bong Go

https://news.mb.com.ph/2020/04/19/duterte-to-consult-past-doh-secretaries-over-quarantine-extension-says-bong-go/

1st, this 3rd world government is just copying 1st world solution, "duterte : we got money, supplies" and then later on.."we are running out of money"
 - this is not USA, south korea, italy, france etc.
...not working

2nd, martial law, police and military take over..they can be effective to specific areas but not the whole country (citizen to police/military ratio). "virus: i'll be back"
 - the question is.. is the 1st part getting solved by this? money? food? supplies?
 - good people will become desperate and desperate people will become more desperate.
 - this is just a solution by rich scared psychopaths with false sense of security while watching the poor starve.

...will not work

3rd, we are back in the beginning, where people will fend for themselves, a 3rd world country with a 3rd world solution, people make face mask, alcohol, PPE's etc. and make money out of this and not thrown in jails.
 - people get creative, improvise, make changes to their lifestyles and change protocols.
 - this is their(citizens) fight too, the government agencies, police and military will only have to assist.

remember this is a marathon, not a 100m sprint.

It was a shock that the government assumed everybody in sitio Zapatera was infected with the virus - and now the assumption has spread to the entire barangay Luz. There are some frightening pictures coming out of that area, showing soldiers with machine guns and armored vehicles rolling down the streets. Guess they are trying to frighten everybody into submission or something.

Where I am, I think the government is doing a good job of enforcing ECQ and keeping people at home. When anybody goes outside, they always wear a mask. Not sure if they could do a much better job. The mayor of Lapu-Lapu said something about ending ECQ ahead of schedule, but I don't think that is likely to happen. Hopefully April 28th as originally planned.

1st, this 3rd world government is just copying 1st world solution, "duterte : we got money, supplies" and then later on.."we are running out of money"
 - this is not USA, south korea, italy, france etc.
...not working


2nd, martial law, police and military take over..they can be effective to specific areas but not the whole country (citizen to police/military ratio). "virus: i'll be back"
 - the question is.. is the 1st part getting solved by this? money? food? supplies?
 - good people will become desperate and desperate people will become more desperate.
 - this is just a solution by rich scared psychopaths with false sense of security while watching the poor starve.

...will not work


3rd, we are back in the beginning, where people will fend for themselves, a 3rd world country with a 3rd world solution, people make face mask, alcohol, PPE's etc. and make money out of this and not thrown in jails.
 - people get creative, improvise, make changes to their lifestyles and change protocols.
 - this is their(citizens) fight too, the government agencies, police and military will only have to assist.

remember this is a marathon, not a 100m sprint.

DO NOT CLICK THE LINK! (A reminder against scams)

Ito'y kumakalat na sa US at maaaring ginagawa na rin ng iba sa Pilipinas. Kung kayo'y biglang nakatanggap ng ganitong mensahe, huwag bubuksan agad ang mga link. Magtanong muna sa LGUs/ospital bago maniwala.

Sa aking opinyon ay hindi solusyon ang ECQ laban sa COVID 19...

Sa tingin nyo kaya mag eextend pa tayo? Gusto ko na bumili ng mga pangangailangan sa bahay pero walang mabilhan dahil halos sarado lahat.

Kung ako ang tatanungin, mas pipiliin kong mag extend hanggat hindi pa naipapatupad nang maayos yung MASS TESTING.

Ahm, pwede din siguro mag extend pero pause muna ng 3 days pahinga kumbaga para makapag restock ang lahat, I mean magkaroon ng konting pagluwag sa pagbabantay para makapasok ung mga deliveries.

Atska actually yang Mass Testing na yan, hindi ako tiwala dyan sa totoo lang. Mag kocause lang lalo yan ng panic dahil pag yan pumalpak nganga na naman ang lahat. For example mag positive ang isang nilalang pero un pala palyado lang ung device.

Ahm, pwede din siguro mag extend pero pause muna ng 3 days pahinga kumbaga para makapag restock ang lahat, I mean magkaroon ng konting pagluwag sa pagbabantay para makapasok ung mga deliveries.

Atska actually yang Mass Testing na yan, hindi ako tiwala dyan sa totoo lang. Mag kocause lang lalo yan ng panic dahil pag yan pumalpak nganga na naman ang lahat. For example mag positive ang isang nilalang pero un pala palyado lang ung device.

CHED hits proposal to suspend classes until December

Also as a student, hindi maiiwasan na may mga teacher na nagpapa activity online which is not good for everyone. Hindi lahat kaya gumastos para sa load, wifi, at hindi lahat may resources to do online activity. Sana maintindihan ng mga professors yun.

Bawal pa din pala ang dine in sa mga restaurants ;D

As a student, I'm fine with suspending the classes for the mean time pero sana naman hinfi umabot ng December. Alam ko din yung maaaaring maging consequences once na ituloy na ang pasok habang kumakalat pa ang virus. Kaya better na suspended muna sya kasi kaligtasan ng lahat ang nasa risk.

Also as a student, hindi maiiwasan na may mga teacher na nagpapa activity online which is not good for everyone. Hindi lahat kaya gumastos para sa load, wifi, at hindi lahat may resources to do online activity. Sana maintindihan ng mga professors yun. About naman sa mass promotion, I don't fully agree with it especially pag nasa college ka na. For other students, baka hindi mag matter sa kanila. I would agree sa mass promotion kung onting days nalang naman before matapos ang school year. Pero kung ginagamit ang new school calendar which is August nag start, hindi sya maganda para sakin. Actually we still have our unfinished midterms. At mahaba pa yung days na kailangan namin bago matapos ang school year. Isa is yung mga nag te-take ng exam, hindi pwedeng basta basta ipasa yun.  Best example yung med students kasi in the future, they will handle patients at dapat talagang master nila yun.

I just hope na matapos na ang pandemic na ito para bumalik na sa lahat ang dati. Sana hindi na ito umabot ng December, yung ibang bansa na handle nila kahit papano yung virus nang maayos at nakakalabas labas na sila kahit may threat pa rin. Sana tayo rin. Masyadong marami na ang nahihirapan.

Medyo dito ako tutol, okay lang sana kung sa pag suspinde nila ay katulad nitong nakaraan na matik pasado ang estudyante at bahala na lang mag self study. Pero kung sususpindihin tapos madadagdagan ang panahon na sa pag aaral abay lintik. Urat na urat na ko at gusto ko ng makapag hanap ng matinong trabaho kaya gusto ko na agad makatapos, tapos magkakaroon ng ganitong implementasyon...

Although naiintindihan ko yung point kung bakit pero dapat magbigay sila ng mas malinaw na detalye ukol dito.

Medyo hindi ako sang ayon dito lalo na para sa mga pinapaaral lang ng magulang. Well, hindi naman talaga dapat gumastos sa pag aaral, pero kung ang studyante ay nasa mga semi or private talaga na unibersidad abay kalokohan naman atang magrereklamo ka sa mga gastusin at hindi handa sa mga extra extra at chechebureche ng mga prof. Lalo na kung isa ka lang dakilang palamunin at paaral, at kailangan mo lang gaein ay sabihin ito sa guardian at ang obligasyon mo ay mag aral. Wala din namang naitutulong ang pagrereklamo dahil una pa lang nandyan na yan. Kung ayaw gumastos feel free na lumipat o di kaya magpatayo sila ng sarili nilang school.

Medyo dito ako tutol, okay lang sana kung sa pag suspinde nila ay katulad nitong nakaraan na matik pasado ang estudyante at bahala na lang mag self study. Pero kung sususpindihin tapos madadagdagan ang panahon na sa pag aaral abay lintik. Urat na urat na ko at gusto ko ng makapag hanap ng matinong trabaho kaya gusto ko na agad makatapos, tapos magkakaroon ng ganitong implementasyon...

Although naiintindihan ko yung point kung bakit pero dapat magbigay sila ng mas malinaw na detalye ukol dito.

Medyo hindi ako sang ayon dito lalo na para sa mga pinapaaral lang ng magulang. Well, hindi naman talaga dapat gumastos sa pag aaral, pero kung ang studyante ay nasa mga semi or private talaga na unibersidad abay kalokohan naman atang magrereklamo ka sa mga gastusin at hindi handa sa mga extra extra at chechebureche ng mga prof. Lalo na kung isa ka lang dakilang palamunin at paaral, at kailangan mo lang gaein ay sabihin ito sa guardian at ang obligasyon mo ay mag aral. Wala din namang naitutulong ang pagrereklamo dahil una pa lang nandyan na yan. Kung ayaw gumastos feel free na lumipat o di kaya magpatayo sila ng sarili nilang school.

Ang studyante dapat nagaaral lang maliban kung pinapaaral at binubuhay nya sarili nya tulad ko LoL. Hindi yan dapat sumasalu sa kung ano anong katarantaduhan katulad ng rally o kung ano mang negatibo na hnd naman nakakatulong sa ekonomiya.

Medyo hindi ako sang ayon dito lalo na para sa mga pinapaaral lang ng magulang. Well, hindi naman talaga dapat gumastos sa pag aaral, pero kung ang studyante ay nasa mga semi or private talaga na unibersidad abay kalokohan naman atang magrereklamo ka sa mga gastusin at hindi handa sa mga extra extra at chechebureche ng mga prof. Lalo na kung isa ka lang dakilang palamunin at paaral, at kailangan mo lang gaein ay sabihin ito sa guardian at ang obligasyon mo ay mag aral. Wala din namang naitutulong ang pagrereklamodahil una pa lang nandyan na yan. Kung ayaw gumastos feel free na lumipat o di kaya magpatayo sila ng sarili nilang school.

Ang studyante dapat nagaaral lang maliban kung pinapaaral at binubuhay nya sarili nya tulad ko LoL. Hindi yan dapat sumasalu sa kung ano anong katarantaduhan katulad ng rally o kung ano mang negatibo na hnd naman nakakatulong sa ekonomiya.

Wag ka nang mag aral at maghanap ka na ng trabaho :D. Kahit naman hindi nakapagtapos makakahanap ka pa rin ng trabaho eh. Sabi nga ni Robert Kiyosaki "Schools are the biggest scammers" ;).

Unang una sa lahat hindi lahat ng tao katulad mo na kayang mag sustento sa sarili niyang pag aaral. Ikalawa, Hindi rin lahat ng nag susustento sa sarili niya ay kaya gumastos para sa resources para makapag aral sa bahay at makapg submit ng school works, marami sa mga may trabaho katulad ng service crew(na kadalasang trabaho ng mga working student) ay nawalan ng trabaho dahil merong ECQ.

Provided dapat ng School yun at sa School dapat yun gagawin, eh kaso nga sarado. Gamitan natin ng Logic kung bakit sila nagrereklamo. They are making it Mandaroty with the fact that not all of the students have the resources to do school works from home. hindi pwedeng humindi at magreklamo?,

May nagagawa ang pagrereklamo, lalo na sa mga ganitong bagay dahil tinatanggalan ng pagkakataon (dahil walang resources) ang mga mag aaral na makapag aral nang maayos. Ibang usapin din ang pagrarally at higit sa lahat hindi yan katarantaduhan na negatibo at hindi nakakatulong sa ekonomiya, Kung may lugar lang na pwede mapakinggan ang hinaing ng mga rallyista para sa katanggap tanggap nilang adhikain at reklamo, malamang hindi sila magrarally.

Unang una sa lahat hindi lahat ng tao katulad mo na kayang mag sustento sa sarili niyang pag aaral.

Ikalawa, Hindi rin lahat ng nag susustento sa sarili niya ay kaya gumastos para sa resources para makapag aral sa bahay at makapg submit ng school works, marami sa mga may trabaho katulad ng service crew(na kadalasang trabaho ng mga working student) ay nawalan ng trabaho dahil merong ECQ.

May point naman na kung sa private ka nag-aaral dapat prepared ka sa mga miscellaneous and extra expenses kahit pa sabihin natin na scholar ka lang. Hindi naman din talaga maiiwasan na hindi gumastos kasi nag-aaral ka. Kahit public, gagastos at gagastos ka. Pero I understand parin yung iba na kahit sobrang kapos, pinipilit parin mag-aral para makatapos.

Naiintindihan ko kung ang ibang estudyante at ang kanilang pamilya ay walang wala talaga since hindi naman lahat may kaya. Pero ang ayoko lang din ay yung mga estudyante na nagrarally, na tipong lahat ng reklamo ay dinadaan sa rally. As a student, normal magreklamo pero hindi naman lahat kailangan dinadaan sa pag rarally. Pero kahit ayaw natin, hindi naman natin sila mapipigilan dahil yun ang paniniwala nila.

Ako nga, kapag meron, minsan pinapaloadan ko ang mga kaklase ko pag kailangan nila kunwari pag may activity (para hindi na sila lalabas), pero syempre need parin nilang bayaran kapag nag resume na ang klase.

As a student, I'm fine with suspending the classes for the mean time pero sana naman hinfi umabot ng December. Alam ko din yung maaaaring maging consequences once na ituloy na ang pasok habang kumakalat pa ang virus. Kaya better na suspended muna sya kasi kaligtasan ng lahat ang nasa risk.

Also as a student, hindi maiiwasan na may mga teacher na nagpapa activity online which is not good for everyone. Hindi lahat kaya gumastos para sa load, wifi, at hindi lahat may resources to do online activity. Sana maintindihan ng mga professors yun. About naman sa mass promotion, I don't fully agree with it especially pag nasa college ka na. For other students, baka hindi mag matter sa kanila. I would agree sa mass promotion kung onting days nalang naman before matapos ang school year. Pero kung ginagamit ang new school calendar which is August nag start, hindi sya maganda para sakin. Actually we still have our unfinished midterms. At mahaba pa yung days na kailangan namin bago matapos ang school year. Isa is yung mga nag te-take ng exam, hindi pwedeng basta basta ipasa yun.  Best example yung med students kasi in the future, they will handle patients at dapat talagang master nila yun.

I just hope na matapos na ang pandemic na ito para bumalik na sa lahat ang dati. Sana hindi na ito umabot ng December, yung ibang bansa na handle nila kahit papano yung virus nang maayos at nakakalabas labas na sila kahit may threat pa rin. Sana tayo rin. Masyadong marami na ang nahihirapan.

Wag ka nang mag aral at maghanap ka na ng trabaho :D. Kahit naman hindi nakapagtapos makakahanap ka pa rin ng trabaho eh. Sabi nga ni Robert Kiyosaki "Schools are the biggest scammers" ;).
Kidding aside, wala akong reaksyon dito sa proposal ng CHED na isuspend ang klase hanggang December dahil:

1. Kahit walang pasok may sahod pa rin ang mga guro. Guro kasi ang mama ko kaya alam ko :D. Less stress para sa kanila dahil ang kukulit na ng mga bata ngayon pramis.
2. Graduate na ako ng College pero kapag nag aaral ako for example pero ganito na ung mindset ko na scammers ang mga schools, di na rin ako gaganahan pumasok.
3. Maraming tututol dito sigurado pero karamihan ng tinuturo nila ay di mo magagamit sa future. Trust me :). Ang galing ko nga sa math noon pero di ko ginagamit ngayon ung mga X or Y na yan gaya ng tinuro sa akin :D.

Ito lang masasabi ko tungkol sa continuation ng classes. If nakikita ng government na may risks pag binalik ang classes ng mas maaga, syempre di sila magdadalawang isip na isuspend ito. Health over Education na ang pinag uusapan dito :D. Take note na ang target na time frame bago makagawa ng antivirus ang mga scientists ay 12-18 months mabilis pa un kaya magtatagal itong virus IMO.

Mukhang sa lahat ng nasabi mo bro, dito ako medyo tututol. Lahat ng bagay sa mundo ay may kahulugan kung lalapatan mo ito ng kabuluhan. Magsisilbi sayong walang kwenta ang pag-aaral kasi sa tingin mo ay satisfied ka na dahil sa trabaho mo dito. Pero para sa akin, all of us need to educate. I believe in the saying that, absence of education is ignorance and ignorance is evil.

Kahit sikat na mga taong naging mayaman na hindi satisfied dahil hindi sila tapos like Pacman and pomoy na nag-aral kahit pa successful na sila in their own field.

Hindi rin ako pabor dun sa "schools are the biggest scammers" hehe. Bakit? Kung scammer ang school walang nakukuha jan. Eh satingin ko, maraming nakukuha sa paaralan. Skills, value, social aspect and intelligence. Education is long lasting. So, kung may profit ka na nakukuha, matatawag mo ba yan na scam?

I want to emphasize bro that in your condition, masasabi mo na kahit hindi makapag-aral eh makakahanap ng trabaho. Ultimo kasambahay ngayon dapat high-school graduate na, kaya isang malaking kalokohan yan sakin. Unless na magigi kang entrepreneur or freelancer. Pero kahit nga sa field na yan, you need to be educated.

Lastly, ang x and y ang dahilan kung bakit may mga building at infrastructure. Ang math ang dahilan sa mga inventions. Try to look out the essence of education bro.

I am a licensed professional teacher kaya kung may maudlot man dahil sa pandemic na nangyayare, sana magkaroon ng paraan para mapagpatuloy ang pag-aaral ng mga bata. Kasi education is the key to success. Hindi masama na tapos ka, ang masama eh yung wala kang alam sa mundo.

First of all, gusto kong humingi ng apologize sau at sa mga natamaan ng sinabi ko gayunpaman salute at saka respeto pa rin sa mga kagaya mong Professional Teachers. Kung wala kayo, hindi ako at ang mga ibang tao dito ang makakagraduate at makakakuha ng diploma na makakatulong sa kanilang paghahanap ng work.

Pangalawa, magkaiba tayo ng mindset. Kasalanan to ni Robert Kiyosaki dahil sa pagshare nya ng mga totoong nangyayari :D. Kidding aside, di porket sinabi ko na scammers na ang school ay literal na scammers na. Sana wag nang maging debate to para sa atin at sa mga ibang users dito sa forum pero sasabihin ko lang ang own opinyon ko base sa sinabi mo. Siguro masiado akong exaggerated sa term na ginamit ko na scammers ang schools. Sa bansa natin un ang naimulat na nakasanayan na dapat makatapos ka ng pagaaral, makahanap ka ng trabaho at mag ipon para sa future. Sa paraang ito, di uunlad ang mga tao. Bakit? Kasi karamihan sa kanila ay nananatiling empleyado hanggang tumanda dahil nakakatikim na sila ng paychecks. Wala silang time at dedication para matuto pa ng ibang mga skills kasi nga kumikita na sila. If gusto nating umunlad, magiging one-sided ako sa part na ito pero need natin na maging entrepreneurs at business owners at hindi empleyado. 

Di ko sinasabing di importante ang pag aaral. Ang point ko is if gusto mong umunlad sa buhay, kulang ang napagaralan mo sa school para maabot un at dapat maghanap ka pa ng ibang ways para umunlad at maraming paraan para matuto tau ng ibang mga skills. Importante pa rin ang diploma para sa atin para makahanap tau ng trabaho. Sadyang ang nasa isip ko lang ay iba.

Tungkol naman sa sinabi ko na makakahanap ng trabaho kahit di makapag aral, I will stand dito sa sinabi ko. Marami nang successful ngayon na hindi nakapagtapos ng pagaaral pero marangya na ang buhay at di ko na need mag mention. Yes naging freelancers sila at entrepreneurs at un ang way nila para umunlad, bagay na di naituturo sa karamihan ng mga schools ngaun. Mejo malungkot ako dahil ganun ang nangyayari pero sadyang ganun na nga ang nangyayari.

Mukhang tama nga ung sinabi ko sa #3 na may tututol pero di na bago sa akin un since walang opinyon ang puro sang ayon ;). Different people = different mindsets. Lahat tau kailangang mageducate para maging successful pero aun nga lang sa ibang paraan. Hindi lang ung natutunan natin sa schools ang dapat nating gamitin. Yes makakatulong ang mga yun aat magiging stepping stone natin un para sa financial freedom pero need pa rin natin matuto sa ibang paraan.

Mahalaga ang pagaaral para sa ating mga pinoy alam naman natin yan. Ang punto ko lamang ay di sapat ang natutunan natin sa schools para maging maunlad tayo sa buhay. Dun sa unang sinabi ko sa last post ko, may halong biro un kaya may smiley na ;D.

Anyway, no hard feelings sau bro at gaya ng sinabi ko may respeto ako sa mga guro dito since guro din ang Mother ko. Sadyang iba lang ang mindset na nakalakihan ko sa mindset ng mga tao dito sa paligid ko kaya ganun ang nasabi ko. Either way, humihingi ako ng paumanhin if na offend man kita sa mga nasabi ko at sana wala kang sama ng loob sa akin :).

P.S. After ko maipost ang post na ito mag quiquit na ako dito sa forum  :D :D :D JK.

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9. Lastly.......Paano po yang notification na parang text message? Kanina pa ako naghahanap wala akong makita na Tutorial.

Sir, I Understand your point po na ito ay patungkol sa mga nag aaral sa Private School Students na nagrereklamo sa School.
I also understans na hindi naman talaga Okay na Magreklamo ang mga students na Anak Mayaman na Nagaaral sa Private na at beforehand , eh alam na niyang magastos tapos nagrereklamo siyang wala siyang resources, Kamangmangan nga po yun.
But let's not generalize po. Here is what i am trying to explain.
1. Let's not disregard the scholars ng mga private schools.
2  Is Online Teaching and Activities really effective to the Phillipine current Education System? For me, Hindi po. Is Mass Promotion a better option? Yes. Stop the Online Classes.
3. And What is the root of Student Complaints? Mahirap po kasi na Generalized and Subjective ang take sa ganitong discussion, and ang context po kasi ng Sinasabi ko is Students na nagrereklamo dahil wala (sila or yung kaklase o kaibigan nila) na resources ngayong ECQ.
4. Magkaiba po ang Diskarte sa mga nabibigyan ng opportunity. Hindi ko iniinvalidate yung Pagsusumikap mo Sir , but your experience and opportunities can not be applied to everyone. "Bakit naman ako nagawa ko, Bakit yung iba hindi magawa" .
"Diskarte lang yan" etc  etc., Hindi po parehas dahil hindi naman po lahat ng tao pare parehas ng opportunities. Regardless kung masipag sila, matiyaga, nagsusumikap kung walang opportunities wala din po silbi ang sipag, tiyaga at sikap ng isang tao.
5. Yung pangbabatikos ng ibang student (na may kaya, palamunin lang at pinapaaral lang) hindi po ba pakikiisa yan sa mga students na walang wala talaga ? Hindi po ba dapat na maging boses ng mga kabataan na mahihirap yung kabataang may kakayahan para ipaabot yung mga reklamo nila? Hindi po ba ito matatawag na pakikiisa o pakikisimpatya?
6. Ang resources po na tinutukoy ko mostly na wala ang mga student is Laptop and Internet. Wala po niyan sa Facebook.
7. Sir I understand din na marami ang kabataan ngayon na aesthetics lang, tiktok, hugot lang. Legit po yan, they are Gen Z problematic talaga karamihan sa kanila but they are not the face of Kabataan.
8. Isa po kasi ako sa natulungan ng pagrereklamo at pagrarally. Kaya ayaw ko po idemonize ang pag rarally at pagrereklamo at iinvalidate na wala itong naitutulong sa mga mahihirap. Hindi ko din po iniinvalidate yung perspective ninyo sa current na issue dahil po sa life experiences ninyo but i am only stating what i think is appropriate perspective on this Issue. Maybe we need an Objective Take or Maybe Let's Just Agree to Disagree, since we have different perspective on this issue.
9. Lastly.......Paano po yang notification na parang text message? Kanina pa ako naghahanap wala akong makita na Tutorial.

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By the way, this thread is for the ongoing crisis but I guess medyo na o-off topic na ito sa aking palagay. Anyways, hindi rin magandang tingnan na i-include those big chunks of quotes at least only quote who you want to address.

By the way, this thread is for the ongoing crisis but I guess medyo na o-off topic na ito sa aking palagay. Anyways, hindi rin magandang tingnan na i-include those big chunks of quotes at least only quote who you want to address.

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Yung 5k-8k still depends on the region where you are in, am I right? May pinsan kasi ako na ito rin yung inaasahan na makukuha but I guess matatagalan pa ata even on the lift of lockdown parang hindi pa.

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You are right po. Nakadepende po ang marereceive sa minimum wage ng isang region po.

Noong nakaraan lamang, huling speech ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, nabanggit doon na mayroong plano ang gobyerno natin para sa mga taga Metro-Manila. Sabi nila, magkakaroon daw ng "mass relocation"(di ako sigurado sa term), na ang mga taga metro-manila daw ay ipalilipat muna sa mga probinsya. Iniisip ko kung para ito sa ekonomiya, ngunit pano? Mayroon po ba dito na makapagpapaliwanag sa akin tungkol dito? Maraming salamat.
Ingat mga kababayan!

Yes, base din sa region kagaya ng ginawa sa SAP.
Just to clarify SAP =/= SBWS, magkaiba ang target beneficiaries ng dalawang programa.

Scheduled distribution is May 1-31 2020 for tranche 1 & 2. By that time, malamang lahat ng rehiyon ay nasa General Community Quarantine na (hopefully).

3 nakatanggap ng ayuda, 4 iba pa arestado sa pagsusugal sa Ilocos Norte

PIDDIG, Ilocos Norte - Arestado ang 7 magkakabarangay, kabilang ang 3 nakatanggap ng ayuda sa ilalim ng social amelioration program ng gobyerno, matapos mahuling nagsusugal sa isang bahay dito sa bayan, Huwebes.

Huli sa aktong nagsusugal ng "Lucky 9" ang apat na lalaki at tatlong babae sa labas ng bahay ng isa sa mga suspek sa Sitio Cagat, Barangay 8 Tangaoan sa nasabing bayan.

Nakuha sa kanila ang P2,582 na perang taya sa sugal at baraha.

Ayon sa mga pulis, tatlo sa mga suspek ang nakakuha ng P5,500 mula sa social amelioration program ng Department of Social Welfare and Development para sana magamit pantawid sa gitna ng krisis sa COVID-19.

Isang barangay kagawad din ang kasama sa mga nahuli.

Sasampahan ang 7 ng kasong paglabag sa Presidential Decree 1602 o Anti-Gambling Law.

- ulat ni Dianne Dy, ABS-CBN News

Babae nahuli sa curfew: SAP cash ginamit sa rebond ng buhok

BOCAUE, Bulacan — Isang babae ang nahuli sa isang checkpoint sa Barangay Binang 2nd bandang 9:30 ng gabi ng Abril 20.

Ginabi daw kasi ang babae dahil sa pagpaparebond ng buhok ngunit kalaunan ay inamin pa na ang ginasta sa parlor ang perang nagmula sa Social Amelioration Program (SAP).

Hindi na pinangalanan ng mga otoridad ang sinasabing babae na nahuli sa checkpoint na dinala sa presinto ngunit malaunan ay pinauwi na din ng bahay.

Ayon kay kagawad Rico Navarro, nagroronda sila gabi ng Abril 20 nang makita ang nasabing babae habang naglalakad sa kalsada.

Nang kanilang tanungin kung saan ito galing ay ang tugon ng babae na nagparebond siya sa isang parlor.

Malaunan ay inamin pa daw nito na ang perang pinagpa-rebond ay ang natanggap niya na P6,500mula sa SAP na ipinamahagi ng Department of Social Welfare and Development.

Ani Navaro, sinabihan nila ang babae kung bakit ginastos sa pagpapa-rebond ng buhok sa halip na gugulin ito sa pambili ng pagkain ay hindi na ito tumugon pa.

Agad nila itong dinala sa presinto dahil sa paglabag sa curfew ngunit pinauwi din kalaunan.

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Conclusion:

Mukhang hindi deserving iba sa SAP. Sa kalagitnaan ng krisis at pandemiyang ito, mas nauuna pa ng iba nating kababayan ang luho at sugal. Katulad lang ng pagpunta ng iba nating kababayan dati sa Espanya hindi para mag-aral o gumawa ng kontribusyon laban sa pang-aalipin ng Espanya. Kaya nagalit si Rizal. Tunay nga, history repeat itself.

Ngayon, kawawa talaga yung mga taong nangangailangan na hindi pa nakakakuha ng SAP kasi in case mareprogram yung SAP, apektado sila talaga.

Long Term Solution is to decongest Metro Manila. After kasi ng Pandemic, What will happen? They want to develop Provinces and Open it to attract Companies to Open Business which will create more Job which is actually Good but the thing is the Minimum Wage should be set as par with Metro Manila Minimum Wage. We all know that NCR is one of the Business Center kaya nagsisiksikan ang mga taga probinsya dahil mas malaki ang kita dito.
Yung isa pang gagawin nilang step is pauwiin sa province ang mga nastuck sa Metro Manila During the ECQ, Balik Probinsya Program also wanted to seek people who will settle in their provinces FOR GOOD, that is why Government seeks to develop provinces to create more Jobs.
For Reference https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1263881/bong-go-seeks-to-decongest-mm-pushes-for-balik-probinsya-programs

Kaloka itong si Governor Jonvic Remulla.
Pabago-bago ng desisyon.
Panic na talaga ang karamihan ng taga-Cavite dahil sa announcement niya na total lockdown tapos biglang "wag na lang".
Wow!

Napapila ako ng 3 hours sa Puregold para lang mag grocery for milk and diapers ng baby ko tapos ganon lang. Sorry lang.
Tapos nasita pa ako dahil 1 pm na ako nakauwe which is lockdown time na at ayaw ako papasukin ng subdivision. Kinailangan pa makiusap ng todo todo.

Dapat sa mga gantong situation ay manigurado muna sila.
Madami tao ang nagpapanic tapos congested ang mga groceries dahil sa mga maling pagpapatupad.
Baligtad eh. Nauna magpatupad bago ang research na hindi pala kaya ng mga city and barangay.

Siguro nasa tao at gobyerno nadin talaga ito. Ang pag handle ng virus, at pag sunod sa mga patakaran. Nakakabahala kasi. Habang mas tumataas ito ngayong lockdown, maaaring maextend ng maextend ang quarantine. Kasi ngayon ngayong may ECQ, tumataas parin ito, pano pa pag tinanggal na ito? Good thing na bumababa ang rate ng deaths at tumataas ang recoveries.

As others netizen said we don't have the worst government but the worst citizen, mostly it applies. I do hope na isang araw mass testing will really be implemented bawat rehiyon.

Is it true that sometimes there are some cases na rapid tests was not really match on lab testing? Some case comes up na ito yung kadalasang nangyayari at it causes alarm lalo nansa isang munisipalidad lamang and they announced it or post it, it really do advisable na sa mismong DOH pages or announcement makikinig and the results they got from labs. Kasi dito sa kalapit na munisipyo namin one nurse tested positive on rapid testing but when time comes the lab result was out it turns out negative. Is this news?

As others netizen said we don't have the worst government but the worst citizen, mostly it applies.

A "modified" enhanced community quarantine or ECQ will stay until May 31 in Metro Manila, neighboring Laguna province, and Cebu City in the Visayas, his spokesman Harry Roque said. The 3 have a combined population of nearly 16 million.

"We cannot afford a second or third wave na mangyari (to happen)," Duterte said in a public address aired earlier in the day.

Pwede na ba nating sabihin may kakupalan talaga ang ugali ng pinoy? 😂 pero seryoso may pagkabobo talaga tayo in terms sa mga ganitong bagay, una kasi panic bago yung action, una din ung react kesa action o di kaya naman may action + camera = mema.

Oh di ba boplaks nga talaga. Tapos kasalanan na naman ni presidente LoL. Hindi nga talaga malabong mangyari sa ekonomiya natin ung napanood ko na 2years bago maibalik ang lahat sa normal.

"Too much democracy is chaos"

Ang Pilipinas kasi maraming makata. Haha. I often post in social media specially when it comes to the laws that implemented right now (pwera lang dito sa forum). Kasi hindi masosolusyunan ng puro reklamo ang krisis na kinakaharap ng mga tao ngayon.

Yung iba kasi sa social media specially facebook and twitter parang mga keyboard warrior, puna dito o puna doon. Daming reklamo. Hindi na lang sumunod.

Kung dati ang rally ay nasa edsa at mga kalsada, ngayon mukhang social media platforms na ang new way to have rallies.

Pwede na ba nating sabihin may kakupalan talaga ang ugali ng pinoy? 😂 pero seryoso may pagkabobo talaga tayo in terms sa mga ganitong bagay, una kasi panic bago yung action, una din ung react kesa action o di kaya naman may action + camera = mema.

Oh di ba boplaks nga talaga. Tapos kasalanan na naman ni presidente LoL. Hindi nga talaga malabong mangyari sa ekonomiya natin ung napanood ko na 2years bago maibalik ang lahat sa normal.

Pwede na ba nating sabihin may kakupalan talaga ang ugali ng pinoy? 😂 pero seryoso may pagkabobo talaga tayo in terms sa mga ganitong bagay, una kasi panic bago yung action, una din ung react kesa action o di kaya naman may action + camera = mema.

Oh di ba boplaks nga talaga. Tapos kasalanan na naman ni presidente LoL. Hindi nga talaga malabong mangyari sa ekonomiya natin ung napanood ko na 2years bago maibalik ang lahat sa normal.

Kakalungkot lang dahil isa pang teacher ang walang habas na magsalita sa ating presidente. Panoorin nyo na lang. Hindi ito isa huwarang guro at lalong mas pinapalala pa ang sitwasyon. Ito yung sinasabi mo bro na mema na lang. Mga inuuna ang post at pambabatikos sa presidente. I ashamed this kind of person. Sya ang patunay sa ibang masamang ugali ng pinoy.

That was fast, I will not be surprise if it keeps increasing while waiting for the vaccine, the ECQ or what we called now the modified ECQ was extended until May 31, 2020, but with the fast increase of number of cases, is it right for the government to resume some businesses and let people work instead of still staying at home.

As per Pres. Duterte, the Philippines cannot afford to experience another wave of fresh covid cases, so I guess they need to choose between the safety of the people and the economy.

Also there are people who are using the current situation on their advantage, do you know FLM or Frances Leo Marcos, the guy who is giving sacks to rise to the people but I doubt on the legitimacy of this person, the "MAYAMAN CHALLENGE" could be fake just for him to get some donation from his subscriber.

hopefully we will not fall victim to this at this tough time, if we are a fan by him, we should carefully evaluate him as a person and his actions.

according to this blog - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxGUBr_QZOs , The SEC will investigate FLM scam.

Kumusta implementation ng GCQ o MECQ sa lugar niyo? 

https://www.facebook.com/ValenzuelaCityGov/posts/10159908035228378

I know the Government said we cannot afford a second wave pero tingin ko doon pa din pupunta seeing how people flocked the malls in Metro Manila after being downgraded to MECQ from posts on social media. Let's just hope na hindi na ulit ma-overwhelm ang ating healthcare.

Rules for Private Transportation
If you're using your car, note that there should only be two people in each row. We suppose this means the driver's and passenger seat can be occupied at the same time. If you're using a van for transport, be sure to follow this rule.

Companies providing transport for their employees must ensure their shuttles are only at 50% capacity at any given time. Rented shuttles should have a special permit from the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board.

Folks can also opt to use either bikes, motorcycles or even e-scooters. Do note that e-scooters are subject to existing traffic regulations, according to the Department of Transportation (DOTr). Plus, only one person is allowed on these two-wheeled vehicles.

Kumusta implementation ng GCQ o MECQ sa lugar niyo?  

The Government keeps saying that decision to lift restrictions in different areas will be based on science but in reality, it is based on economy na. If we look at the number of confirmed cases daily based on the public data, hindi naman talaga siya bumababa pero tinuloy pa din ang pag-downgrade dahil na din siguro sa recommendations ng mga Metro Manila Mayors. Hindi talaga sustainable ang ECQ in the long run. The good thing that ECQ brought though is it enabled the Government to build more facilities and increased the testing capacities (mas marami na din recoveries per day).

I know the Government said we cannot afford a second wave pero tingin ko doon pa din pupunta seeing how people flocked the malls in Metro Manila after being downgraded to MECQ from posts on social media. Let's just hope na hindi na ulit ma-overwhelm ang ating healthcare.

Kumusta implementation ng GCQ o MECQ sa lugar niyo? 

“Wala nang aral, laro na lang unless I am sure that they are really safe. It’s useless to be talking about the opening of classes. Para sa akin, bakuna muna,” Duterte said.

“Pag-aaralan po natin [nang] maigi ito. Pero sa ngayon po, tingin namin, ay ligtas kung bubuksan ang klase by August 24 (We will study this carefully, but for now, we think that it’s safe if we will be opening classes by August 24),”

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/739739/duterte-no-opening-of-classes-without-vaccine-vs-covid-19/story/
https://news.mb.com.ph/2020/05/26/it-is-still-safe-to-open-classes-in-august-duque/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/05/25/6-year-old-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-complicating-south-koreas-school-reopening-plans/#dda8cbd6f63b

The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Monday, May 26, said that 134 barangay officials are now facing criminal raps for social amelioration program (SAP)-related anomalies before the Prosecutor’s Office of the Department of Justice (DOJ). There has been an increase of 320 percent in the number of suspected violators.

Just in...

Starting June 1, 2020, the following areas will be under General Community Quarantine (GCQ)

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Metro Manila

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Just in...

Starting June 1, 2020, the following areas will be under General Community Quarantine (GCQ):
Davao City
Pangasinan
Albay
Region 2
Region 3
Region 4A
Metro Manila

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https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/5/30/cebu-mandaue-zamboanga-cities-gcq.html

Sagot ba ng gobyerno ang medical bills ng covid patients?
Kahit sa private or public hospitals?

According to Dr. Domingo, patients confined as probable or confirmed cases can avail of the benefit packages as follows: PHP 43,997 package for patients with mild pneumonia confined in Level 1 to 3 hospitals;  PHP 143,267 package for those with moderate pneumonia in Level 1 to 3 hospitals; PHP 333,519 package for patients with severe pneumonia confined in Level 2 to 3 hospitals, including ICUs; and P786,384 package for patients with critical pneumonia confined in Level 2 to 3 hospitals, including ICUs.

Kahit sa private or public hospitals?

These packages cover the rates for a private hospital room, management and monitoring of illness, laboratory, diagnostics and imaging, medicines included in the guidelines and protocol of the DOH, and supplies and equipment, including PPEs.

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Has anybody here, especially in places with GCQ, managed to get a travel pass? If so, what did you have to do to get it?

In the building where I am, a retired police officer got in trouble for collecting the SAP meant to be distributed to the rest of the people in the building, and not distributing it... Maybe they had connections to the local barangay office but I don't know for sure. All I know is some of the people here aren't very happy about it. A lot of other people don't even realize they were due to receive SAP money.

OK, interesting, thanks. We'll probably just wait around here until then if the ferries remain closed until June 12. It's hard to find exact info about what is correct but I did see a Manila Bulletin article that confirms what you're saying about the borders here re-opening.

In good news, at least they are allowing liquor sales here to resume, thank God. I was getting tired of there only being Emperador and Kula Fu at a higher price... Not really my favorites. I would honestly rather be sober, lol. I had a San Mig Light for the first time in a couple months yesterday and it was delicious.

Hope you all have weathered the covid storm and are doing well. Can't wait for things to finally get back to normal.

LONDON, United Kingdom — British pharma giant AstraZeneca is "on track" to begin rolling out up to two billion doses of a coronavirus vaccine in September if ongoing trials prove successful, its chief executive said on Friday.

COVID-19 Vaccine Update:


this confuses me. other pharmaceuticals firms think COVID-19 vaccine will not be ready until 2021 and they still think that having a vaccine ready in 2021 is a long shot. yet AstraZeneca said that if the trials proved to be successful they will be rolling out 2 billion doses of the vaccine by September.

Ganito na rin ba sa inyo matapos ihayag na under "GCQ" na ang lugar?
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/multimedia/photo/06/07/20/playing-outdoors-as-lockdown-eases
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This is the info that i have to acquire a travel pass. You need to have a mayor's certification then health certificate that you are COVID free. You need travel pass if you want to go to another region and better to check also that the region you are going to are already accepting travelers.

You are in Cebu, right? The governor of Cebu said she will lift all the border checkpoints on June 12 and by that time also passenger ships will start their operation. I just read it on the online local newspaper and don't have a link to it.

“We will give attention to Cebu City and Talisay because of the spike (in the number of infections). We are thinking of deploying additional police personnel in Cebu to ensure that the ECQ would be enforced,”

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/06/16/2021362/cebu-city-under-strictest-quarantine-due-widespread-covid-19-transmission

Researchers in England say they have the first evidence that a drug can improve COVID-19 survival: A cheap, widely available steroid called dexamethasone reduced deaths by up to one third in severely ill hospitalized patients.

Results were announced Tuesday and researchers said they would publish them soon. The study is a large, strict test that randomly assigned 2,104 patients to get the drug and compared them with 4,321 patients getting only usual care.

The drug was given either orally or through an IV. After 28 days, it had reduced deaths by 35% in patients who needed treatment with breathing machines and by 20% in those only needing supplemental oxygen. It did not appear to help less ill patients.

"This is an extremely welcome result,” one study leader, Peter Horby of the University of Oxford, said in a statement. “The survival benefit is clear and large in those patients who are sick enough to require oxygen treatment, so dexamethasone should now become standard of care in these patients. Dexamethasone is inexpensive, on the shelf, and can be used immediately to save lives worldwide.”

Even though the drug only helps in severe cases, “countless lives will be saved globally,” said Nick Cammack of Wellcome, a British charity that supports science research.

“Dexamethasone must now be rolled out and accessed by thousands of critically ill patients around the world,” said Cammack, who had no role in the study. “It is highly affordable, easy to make, can be scaled up quickly and only needs a small dosage.” | via AP

balita kagabi na ibabalik daw sa ECQ ang cebu at talisay dahil sa pagdami ulit ng cases kada araw sa area nila. eto na nga ba sinasabi ko eh. people let their guard down after the government lifting the strictness of the quarantine from ECQ to GCQ/MGCQ etc.. dito mo malalman na kung gaano tlga ka walang disiplina ang ibang pilipino. 

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This is awful news. They are just going to have more economic devastation. A lot of people are out of work and already walang pera -- its gonna get pretty bad over there. Making this reverse when people had already planned on opening back up for good is a real kick to the nuts of business owners. Here in LLC we are under GCQ but I am now pretty much stuck here as there are no reasonably-priced inter-island flights until July. I can go to Olongo island but that is about it.

I'm so disappointed, at gusto ko lng e share.
Sa mga medyo may alam dyan politically, tanong ko lang,
may makukuha bang National budget yung mga LGU's na under MECQ or ECQ? Hehehe.

knowing that the ECQ implemented on Cebu will only(and hoping) last for two weeks(June 16 - 30) and assuming that the LGU still has emergency funds left it is highly unlikely that they would get additional funds from the government. but if they are out of funds? they might. since they would probably have to provide food for the affected citizen when the ECQ is implemented.

I'm actually not a citizen, more just a Permanent Tourist. I'll have to leave the country and get my passport stamped before the end of the year. But thanks anyway. I do like the Philippines and while I'm not sure I'll ever become an official citizen, I plan on spending a lot of time here.

Ito nga pala yung mga lugar sa bansa natin na under pa rin sa ECQ, MECQ and GCQ. May possibilities pa rin talaga na bumalik sa lahat sa ECQ dahil patuloy pa rin ang pag akyat ng mga positive cases sa bansa natin.

Sana talaga magkaroon ng vaccine sa virus na ito para bumalik na ulit sa normal ang lahat. Stay safe mga kabayan!

From GMA news:


Not a vaccine yet na pinakahihintay na'tin pero good naman atleast mayroon. One more thing, approved na rin siya ng WHO. But according sa ilang health experts and sa video ni Doc Willie Ong, ito ay para sa mga malalang patient na, hindi siya applicable sa mga mild nor sa virus free. Take note it is a steroid known naman na may mga side effects ito sa katawan ng tao. Kaya low dosage lang ang binibigay sa mga na sa critical condition na patients. Hoping na lang na mapunta ulit dito 'yong FAI since they knew better, para kahit papaano masuporthan 'yong mga na sa critical condition kaso may naging issue dati 'tong DOH, FDA against sa Fabunan.

Ingat lang rin sa pagbili. Pero AFAIK, pahirapan na makabili nito unlike noon. Need na rin ng reseta ng mga doctor bago ka mabigyan. Remember may side effects ito.

Source: https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/world/742914/steroid-dexamethasone-reduces-deaths-among-patients-with-severe-covid-19-trial-shows/story/?fbclid=IwAR211ExTI_xzO2YdHI2wcynNcghg8eL09tBypnasxtxyRkGCoomItI8_Aoo

Not 100% related sa OP.

Rainy season na mga kabayan and, as we all know, the economy is still recovering after the 2-month lockdown. Panigurado naman na pinaghandaan na din ito ng Gobyerno pero asahan din natin na mas mahihirapan sila ngayon dahil nabawasan pa ang capacity (manpower and/or funding) kaya brace yourselves lalo na kung matamaan ng bagyo ang area ninyo. Meron naman din nakuhang loans pero mainam pa din na handa tayo.

Mainam na ito atleast pinapataas ng gamot na ito ang surviv rate ng isang malubhang pasyante, pero bakit kaya di nila sinuportahan ang FAI e sa tingin ko katulas din naman ito sa kasalukuyang na diskobreng gamot? ni nawala na ngang parang bula at parang wala talaaga silang plano na subukan ang gawang pinoy, Malaking breakthrough sana un sa filipino medicine if talagang effective un.

pero sana talaga mahanap na ung totoong gamot na mabisa talaga para matapos na ang sakit na ito.

Mainam na ito atleast pinapataas ng gamot na ito ang surviv rate ng isang malubhang pasyante, pero bakit kaya di nila sinuportahan ang FAI e sa tingin ko katulas din naman ito sa kasalukuyang na diskobreng gamot? ni nawala na ngang parang bula at parang wala talaaga silang plano na subukan ang gawang pinoy, Malaking breakthrough sana un sa filipino medicine if talagang effective un.

pero sana talaga mahanap na ung totoong gamot na mabisa talaga para matapos na ang sakit na ito.

Some update on COVID-19...

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1295807/confidence-complacency-led-to-spike-in-covid-19-cases-in-cebu

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1295783/duterte-orders-cimatu-to-oversee-covid-19-response-in-cebu-city

It maybe bad news for some pero para sa akin napakagandang balita ito dahil sa wakas nakikialam na ang Palasyo sa sitwasyon dito sa Cebu. Last night, grabe ang trapik dahil iniisa-isa nila yong mga sasakyan inspeksyonen na dumadaan. Para sa akin mali yong pagbibigay ng LGU ng "special permit to operate" sa mga companies, parang binigyan nila ng pagkakataon ang virus to move out to other areas.

Some update on COVID-19...

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1295807/confidence-complacency-led-to-spike-in-covid-19-cases-in-cebu

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1295783/duterte-orders-cimatu-to-oversee-covid-19-response-in-cebu-city

It maybe bad news for some pero para sa akin napakagandang balita ito dahil sa wakas nakikialam na ang Palasyo sa sitwasyon dito sa Cebu. Last night, grabe ang trapik dahil iniisa-isa nila yong mga sasakyan inspeksyonen na dumadaan. Para sa akin mali yong pagbibigay ng LGU ng "special permit to operate" sa mga companies, parang binigyan nila ng pagkakataon ang virus to move out to other areas.

Seems like mukang tumataas pa lalo ang mga cases ng COVID-19 dito sa bansa and mukang normal na lang din dahil kung kailan mastumataas ang cases lalong lumuluwag ang mga restriction sa mga cities at sa buong Pilipinas.

Mukang hihintayin na lang mga gobyerno na bumaba ang curved dito sa bagong normal which is i think maling move dahil maaaring magtuloy tuloy lang ang pagtaas ng cases lalo na nagbalikan ang mga trabaho. Sigurado mahihirapan tayong makarecover dahil parang sumuko na ang gobyerno parang pinapatagal na lang ng gobyerno ang process para makasurvive.

https://www.facebook.com/john.angelo.583/videos/10213057743717317/

As of now, meron na tayong mahigit 35,000+ na positive cases and still rising kaya talagang nakakabahala and may isa rin akong napanood sa facebook na video about sa mga taong nakatambay sa park or sabi don sa video nagjojogging daw yung iba and nakita ko rin na yung iba ay nagbabike and yung iba naman ay talagang tumatambay don and di lang matanda yung nakita don sa video dahil marami din mga batang nandoon. Doon sa video kitang kita kung gaano kaluwag na yung restriction dahil miski social distancing ay hindi na makikita sa video. Kung patuloy ang mga ganitong pangyayari panigurado mas dodoble ang cases sa ating bansa.

... I am disgusted on how carefree they are na parang walang infectious na virus na kumakalat na maaring makapatay sa kahit malusog na tao...

Kamusta naman yung naibalita ngayon about dun sa nagparty sa isang club, 100+ ang hinuli kasama na daw ang isang artista. At ang dahilan pa ng iba eh, kesyo naimbitahan lang daw sila, tila ata akala nila lulusot.

Mga ganitong tao dapat pinapatiwakal na, parang mamatay kapag hindi nakapagsocialize eh, parang mga tanga actually tong mga ganitong tao masyadong kampante tapos pag tinamaan maglalive sa facebook at iiyak. 😒 Kaumay.

Kamusta naman yung naibalita ngayon about dun sa nagparty sa isang club, 100+ ang hinuli kasama na daw ang isang artista. At ang dahilan pa ng iba eh, kesyo naimbitahan lang daw sila, tila ata akala nila lulusot.

Mga ganitong tao dapat pinapatiwakal na, parang mamatay kapag hindi nakapagsocialize eh, parang mga tanga actually tong mga ganitong tao masyadong kampante tapos pag tinamaan maglalive sa facebook at iiyak. 😒 Kaumay.

I had him take me to 2 different LBCs because the line was incredibly long at the 1st one... makes it difficult to cash out my BTC with coins.ph.

At least it is taken care of and now I can move somewhere closer to the beach. Was way past bored here -- nothing to do but eat. I probably gained 10 kilos in the past 3 months (well it feels like it anyway). "Recreational swimming" is allowed at beaches so that's good. 8)

MANILA, Philippines – The number of severe and critical COVID 19 cases in Cebu City is rising along with the death rate, which is “very much alarming” and underscores the need to continue strict lockdown restrictions in the area, according to Secretary Carlito Galvez, chief implementer of the National Task Force-COVID 19.

Galvez said that in the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center, 86 of those who died did so in less than 48 hours since being brought to the hospital.

yeah, that is one of the struggles I have to face too every time I exchanged my bitcoin into fiat. luckily I have my own motorcycle so I can choose which LBC branch that has the least people waiting in line.

"Today is the last day na pala! Ano bang sinasabi ko? Wala na po, panalo na pala tayo! (What was I saying? Disregard that. We already won!) We beat the UP prediction po! We beat it! Congratulations, Philippines!"

WHO also said the Philippines has the fastest rise in the entire Western Pacific region of coronavirus cases.

Kahapon lang mayroon na naman tayong bagong record nang additional case ng coronavirus sa Pilipinas. 1,531 new cases kaya halos lahat ng reported case natin sa bansa ay nasa 40,336 na excluding the backlogs ng DOH. Ilang araw lang ito matapos ang interview kay Harry Roque congratulating Philippines kase na-beat daw natin ang 40,000 confirmed cases na prediction ng UP.

Hindi natin alam kung kailan ba talaga ito matatapos kasi halos araw araw may fresh cases. Hindi rin tama na magsisihan tayo lalo na kung wala talagang choice ang karamihan sa atin kung hindi lumabas ng bahay at maghanapbuhay. Ang mga dahilan siguro kung bakit napakahirap para sa ating kalabanin ang sakit na ito ay ang mga sumusunod:

(1) mahirap na bansa ang Pilipinas - hindi kayang suportahan ng gobyerno ang mga mamamayan nitong mawawalan ng hanapbuhay.

(2) walang konkretong plano kung ano ang mga dapat ipatupad at unahin sa nga ganitong pagkakataon. - mas pinagtuunan pa ng ating mga mambabatas na magpasa ng mga batas na walang kinalaman sa solusyon sa ating kinakaharap na problema.

(3) walang disiplina ang karamihan sa mga kababayan natin. - sa halip na sumunod sa guidelines ng gobyerno mas pinipili pang kondinahin ang mga patakarang pangkaligtasan ng nakakarami. Panahong bawal magtipon tipon, nakukuha pang magpaparty at magrally.

Sana lang talaga sa mga susubon na araw o buwan ay may maaprubahan ng vaccine para kahit papaano gumaan ang ating kalooban at mabawasan ang ating mga isipin parungkol sa Covid 19. Manatili sana taying ligtas lahat.


Source: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-07-03/philippines-reports-1-531-new-coronavirus-cases-largest-single-day-increase

Ilang araw lang ito matapos ang interview kay Harry Roque congratulating Philippines kase na-beat daw natin ang 40,000 confirmed cases na prediction ng UP.

As of now, pumalo na sa 44,000+ positive cases ng COVID-19 sa ating bansa. Ipinapakita lang nito na patuloy na nadadagdagan ang bilang kung kaya't hindi maiwasan ng mga tao ang mabahala, dahil alam naman natin na madami pa din ang mga taong hindi sumusunod sa panuntunan ng pamahalaan. At, hanggang ngayon ay wala pa rin lunas para sa virus na ito. Sa tingin ko rin mukhang aabot ng 55,000-60,000 ang positive cases pagtapos ng buwan ng ito pero wag naman sana mangyari. Stay safe pa rin mga kabayan!!!!

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Edit: ito na pala yung latest number of positive cases.

Hindi nga malayo na lumobo pa ang case ng coronavirus na ito. Pero kung titignan naten mataas din naman ang percentage ng recoveries na halos nasa 25%. Siguro kung magkakaroon ng mass testing, tataas pa lalo ang bilang ng mga confirmed cases since madami sa atin ang asymptomatic, hindi naten alam na baka positive tayo. Pero kung mag-aundergo tayo ng swab test saka pa lang natin malalaman na positive pala tayo. Nakakalungkot din isipin na nagrerely tayo sa RDT o yung tinatawag na rapid diagnostic test na sa maraming pananaliksik at pag-aaral ay hindi accurate ang results pero dahil mas mura ito, ito lang ang naaafford naten.

Sa pagkakaalala ko mass testing is supposedly for PUIs and PUMs which means 'yong mass testing isn't meant for everybody, right? Well, anyway yeah it would have a significant sa numbers we have right now. Pero good thing 'yon para at least we aren't blind sa statistics natin ngayon. Good thing, 'yong ibang LGU did their part sa city under their governance. Valenzuela ata 'yong pinakaunang nag-proceed ng mass testing, right? Not sure if may nagfollow up pa na other city sa kanila. Haven't heard of any eh  :D.

One more thing, problem now is, the government is prioritizing unnecessary stuff na nase-set aside na 'yong issue na should be deal with in the first place. Nakapangangamba pa kasi Anti Terrorism Bill has been now signed by the President, so it is a law na damn. One way thing to silenced the community para mag-voice out sa mga shortcomings nila.

Source: https://www.[Suspicious link removed]s/amp.dw.com/en/philippine-president-duterte-signs-controversial-anti-terror-law/a-54042578

The Metro Rail Transit Line 3 will suspend operations beginning today after 14 more MRT-3 personnel tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019, bringing to 186 the total number of employees infected with COVID-19.

In the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, a city is on high alert. On Sunday, they identified the suspected case of a disease that has persisted centuries after it caused the most deadly pandemic in human history -- the bubonic plague.

https://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Case-of-bubonic-plague-confirmed-by-Chinese-authorities-571674791.html

A team of researchers in China has identified an emerging influenza virus that might pose a threat in a future flu season. But the new virus so far cannot jump from person to person, a key attribute for becoming a pandemic in humans.

...it had developed a "safe" coronavirus vaccine following clinical trials on a group of volunteers.

The ministry said 18 people had participated in the research and were discharged without "serious adverse events, health complaints, complications or side effects."

The number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines topped 61,000 on Thursday after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 2,498 more infections--1,246 “fresh” or newly validated and 1,252 reported late--bringing the total to 61,266.

On the other hand, sadly, we have surpassed 60k covid-19 confirmed cases.

...sa Navotas ay meron hard lockdown dahil sa biglaang pagtaas ng confirmed cases sa kanilang lugar.

Akala ko aabot pa ng katapusan bago umabot ng 55,000-60,000 ang confirmed cases sa bansa natin. Sa tingin ninyo aabot tayo ng 80,000 confirmed cases pagtapos ng buwan na ito? and parang hindi rin kapani-paniwala na we flattened the curve dahil hanggang ngayon almost 1,000-2,000+ a day lagi ang na add sa confirmed cases.

Anti-terror law takes effect this midnight

Doble ingat when it comes to posting something against the government. There was a college student na pinatawag ata ng NBI 'cause of criticizing Sen. Bong Go. Though may possible violation ata siya but what I'm pointing out is ganiyan sila ka sensitive...

masyado naman kasi atang Direct yung tama ng post, which is talagang considered as personal attack, may kaso talaga iyan. We could still use memes, and other forms ng pambabatikos pero yung Direct wag naman masyado dahil kahit papaano naman may ginagawa pa din ang pamahalaan natin.

may mga K***l talagang nasa katungkulan katulad na lang nung nagsuggest ng barrier sa motorsiklo, abay talagang saludo ako sa pinairal na katangahan, wala akong masabi kundi kawawa kaming mga riders. Dagdag Gastos na, alanganin pa sa seguridad sa kalsada.

The NBI earlier subpoenaed an individual who ranted on Facebook about the administration's spending, criticizing how the government did not initially have funds for health workers when it was earlier able to buy a P2 billion jet.

Siya kasi mismo nag-utos sa mismong NBI na i-examine lahat ng posts tungkol sa kanya. Some of it are just criticism and sa tingin ko hindi naman ata okay ipatawag yung student dahil crinitiscize niya yung senador na yon. The fact that people's money ang kanilang kinikita, they should accept criticism kung may nakikitang mali ang mga tao. Pero may iilan nga diyan na sobrang below the belt na memes and posts pero can't blame those people kasi sila rin yung mga naaagrabyado sa desisyon ng gobyerno. Also, nawawala ang pagiging professional, if a simple post sa social media affects them, mas lalo siguro in personal baka may hindi magandang mangyari.

Totoo, ang usual naman na umaangkas sa motor ay relatives or asawa which is kasama mo rin sa bahay mo. Kaya ano pa ang sense ng protective shield kung after naman ng ride, sila rin makakasama mo sa bahay. Pero sa mga angkas riders, medyo risky pa din lalo na't kung yung helmet ng angkas ang gagamitin nila, they should buy their own helmet if araw-araw silang gumagamit ng angkas. Kaya di ko na alam kung anong mangyayari sa bansa natin, lumabas lahat ng flaws dahil sa pandemic na ito.

Philippines' COVID-19 cases exceed 65,000 with 2,357 new infections

Totoo, ang usual naman na umaangkas sa motor ay relatives or asawa which is kasama mo rin sa bahay mo. Kaya ano pa ang sense ng protective shield kung after naman ng ride, sila rin makakasama mo sa bahay. Pero sa mga angkas riders, medyo risky pa din lalo na't kung yung helmet ng angkas ang gagamitin nila, they should buy their own helmet if araw-araw silang gumagamit ng angkas. Kaya di ko na alam kung anong mangyayari sa bansa natin, lumabas lahat ng flaws dahil sa pandemic na ito.

Almost 15k confirmed cases away na lang tayo to reach 80k @plvbob0070. And yet almost 2 weeks pa bago matapos ang July. I'm afraid we might even surpass 90k kung patuloy na ganito 'yong dagdag. Pero h'wag naman sana.
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Tingin ko ay panalo na tayo *insert meme*. Kahit tayo ang nangunguna sa listahan ng madalas mag sabi na mag face mask lagi ay isa padin tayo sa mga may pinaka mataas na number of cases, sana unahin nila ang laban sa covid hindi iyong di mahahalagang ibang pinag tutuunan ng pansin.

Totoo, ang usual naman na umaangkas sa motor ay relatives or asawa which is kasama mo rin sa bahay mo. Kaya ano pa ang sense ng protective shield kung after naman ng ride, sila rin makakasama mo sa bahay. Pero sa mga angkas riders, medyo risky pa din lalo na't kung yung helmet ng angkas ang gagamitin nila, they should buy their own helmet if araw-araw silang gumagamit ng angkas. Kaya di ko na alam kung anong mangyayari sa bansa natin, lumabas lahat ng flaws dahil sa pandemic na ito.

Japan approves dexamethasone as second drug for coronavirus treatment (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/07/22/national/science-health/japan-approves-dexamethasone-coronavirus/)
UK approves dexamethasone for Covid-19 patients after positive data (https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/news/uk-approves-dexamethasone/)

It's all over the news now. Japan and UK approved dexamethasone as second coronavirus treatment.

I wonder kung ano ang ginagawa ng DOH at FDA ngayon at still may warning pa din para sa paggamit ng dexamethasone dito satin?

Napakabagal kumilos. ::)

baka wala pa silang result sa sarili nilang test sa dexamethasone kaya di pa sila nag bibigay ng persmission para gamitin ito sa mga covid-19 patients. it is important that they have their own result to see if it is safe to use to covid-19 patients.  but I agree na mabagal sila kumilos.

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I don't think they are really trying the dexamethasone treatment. Wala lang talaga silang interest para subukan ito,

last few months ago pa na news yung drugs and dapat may result na siya kung gumawa sila ng testing (I hope I'm wrong here though).

(I hope I'm wrong here though).

I'd give them the benefit of the doubt. the thing is tests takes time and results needs to be properly analyzed. they also can't just rely on the information given by others (even if it is very reliable). if they didn't made tests DOH is wasting precious opportunity to save lives.

Time is of the essence. The number of average positive cases is not decreasing, even if they did some tests (presumably this month), they're not just wasting lives but time.

'F as in falfak': PH gov't gets failing marks in COVID-19 response from these experts (https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/22/20/f-as-in-falfak-ph-govt-gets-failing-marks-in-covid-19-response-from-these-experts)

As per the article. We're up to being no.15 countries with a highest active cases and no.1 in ASEAN. Imagine that and it could be more worse...

LOL.

a lot of you still don't get it. the government don't care about you and what is the cutting edge and latest out there.

whatever it is that will be going inside the country, they are the middle man and they will have their nice slice of the pie (people's money). the visible part is tax and the invisible part is corruption.

the virus is not that deadly, that's why the government have time and priority for anti terror bill, to gain more..why is the junk that is inside the groceries are still in there that causes more deaths than COVID-19? because it is all about the gains. no one cares.

eat healthy, live healthy and have your supplements. your immune system is the one that really cares about you.

I agree that it is not deadly compared to other viruses but the alarming part here is it has no vaccine, no medicine, severe symptoms, incomplete knowledge of the virus, etc.. the infection rate is also incredibly high and can travel easily from person to person which can easily reach old people and unhealthy. doesn't it alarm you that 1800+ already died in a matter of months here in the Philippines because of one virus? do you have statistics or stemate on how many people have died because of "junks" in a matter of months?

making yourself healthy doesn't happen in a matter of days and taking a supplement doesn't really help if you just start taking it and a lot of Filipino doesn't have the luxury to buy a supplementary medicine to boost their immune system or to live a healthy life.